The Tioga County agitator. (Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa.) 1865-1871, March 06, 1867, Image 1
JOBBING D,EPARTBIErit T., iht Prop:lo.ora liacrtockpdthrestabLebtuent "rid, eortment of moderust) lex JOB AND CARD TYPE AND FAST PRESSES ..1.1 ere prepared to execute neatly, and promptly r, ~ T ERS.ILANDBILLS,CLBCVLARS, CATZ.O9 BILL. READS, LETTER LIEb DB: STATBILENTS. TOWNSIIiP ORDERS, d. Mortgages. Lamas, and a full assortment of wables' and Justices' Blanks, constantly.. band. . . , , Pear It li N lug at a thatant.ec..a, depend ~r, having:hell , r a. rt doce pronjppi,an,,l rim t back its teillrri Mai '. '- '''' l ''.- - -I -. o'•17, , • •- ; --- I VOL: XIV. .C . -Orrics—Roy'ablock,Socond Floor SUSINESS DIRECTORY W. D. TERRELL .1.7. CO., HOLDSALE DRUGGISTS, and dealer" in all Paper, Kero.,one Lamps, Window Wass, Parfamarv, Paints and Oils, Ac., /o. i.,rning, S. Y., Jan. 1, IS6B.—ls. ' .1.38N I. aurcaELL NICHOLS & MITCHELL, 'TTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW rice formerly ,ceupied by JamegLOßTey,En Irl4. A. NicemLs. JOHN t MITCHELL. ',Vellsuoro, Jan. 1, 1366-Iy. WILLIAM H. SMITH.: TORNEY AND COUN.PLOB. AT LAW I asurance, Bounty and Pension Agency, Main : re el Wellsbore, Pa., Jun. I, 1866. F. WiLsoa. J. B. NiLes.. WILSON & NILES, 1 TutiNETS A COUNSELORS AT LAW, uit door from Bigoney's, on the Avenue),- `,1l! attend to business entrusted to their care .11 the counties of Tioga and Potter. Wellaboro, Jan. 1, 1866. D. ANGELL & CO., .lAti UFA CTUREAS of, and Wholesale and Re call Dealer en Doors, Sash, and Blinds. Also Planing and Turning done to order. I•.n svclle, Tioga Co , Pa., Jan. 16. 1867-13%* F. W. CLARK, A nuttNET AT Law—Mansfield, Tioga on., Pa. May 9, IS66—ly GEORGE WAGNER, TAILOR. Shop first door north of L. A. Seare's Shoe Shop. ....-Catting, Fitting, and Repair s; done promptly and well. ',Debora Pa., Jan. 1, 1866.-ly. JOHN H. SHA.HSPEARE, t•itAPER AND TAILOR. 'Shop one door above Smith's Law Mee. „Inllv Cutting, Fitting, and Repairing done promptly and in,best style. Wellbboro, Pa.. Jaa. I, 1866-ly JOHN I• MITCHNIJL t GENT for the collection of botany, baek - pay and pensions duo soldiers from the Govern. .c. Office scab Nichols and Mitchell, Wells. —. Pa. m3O, '66 WM. G.ARRETSON, 1 ItANT.Y AND COUSSELOR AT LAW, .ea Insurance Agent, Blosituris, Pa., over GZ WALTON HOUSE, Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. . VERNIILYEA, PROPRIETOR. Thie is n hotel located withineasy access of the -t hshing and hunting li:rounds in North a i'sonsylrania- to paims_will ha spared -,h • a eontrunorlotion of pleasure seekers and 't , . trarting public. [Jan. 1, 180.] • Pennsylvania 'House. lIAZLETT PROPRIETOII. iliz popular Lotel ban been lately renosatod and ro t iorulehed, and no 1111i115 will be spared to render its tu.‘ioleg ucck ptoble to votoon., AN it-vorn. I , ' b. PETROLEUM HOUSE, EoRGF CLOSE, Propri etor. Arest. Hotel c mat..team, the principle I,‘e, the uccomotndettors of tlto public —N., 14, 1 P.:fi —I y. - J. C. STRANG. • • rToRNEY A T LAW. , Any businaas entrust— , 1 t•, hi, care rill receive prompt attention. I; nox c, I'd.. Nov. 14, 1F413:-:tf GE E D. W. RYON, TIORNEY COUNSELOR AT LAW, Law. v. TiF.gn Co., 1 , n.. Bounty, Pension, lAgent. etlleCtietn, promptly Otti/ o 2d do r i oluw Ford 12, v C. F. SIV.A.N, f ftr the Lyettattng I.2t,uttty Insurance .cupany, at Tioga, Pa. , FA RR'S HOTEL, A ell FUN T A Lt.itez iatt , tebed, .11341 an attentive hos r •. , -.13 - s in atiendunee. FAttli Pr.prietor. islai:krilllith and Farrier. 1 • -1 PP. MNNLY amid iTs fr , rm the citizen!) 1 , •i ,11:buro and vicinity it-AL he has lewd on Water - ptreet, lately on o.: 1.3 Mr. hitter, wLcre Lc many be round to shoo hones and vino. end do all (Ilan:line . to his trade. Be also is a prac .: 1 arncr, cud sal treat Lore.. for 31ircate.. tot., 24. 1066-tf 1 I airdre.sinc , & Shaving,• _ averWitletrc,;* Barker . a - 1 4 .1. 61e; Welt's= -. Pa Particular attention paid •ta Ladle? offing, &ha ropornag, Dyeing, ate. Bra,clQ, ends, and airichee on hand and made In or- J. JOFINSON IMSIEMEO received oo deposits, for which eertifi- T ues will be issued, bearing interest in gold. E. W. CLARK .t CO, BatikPrs, No 35 south Third street, Philn. ' “LCON, M. D., 'Lite ol the Pot. Cavalry, aft, r . nearly fury Eat, .4 at my e'er% u Ids a large nce In geld and hospital practice.. Las opened an the practice of mod”. ine and purgers, In all • .1, ,thee. Perron front a distance coo nod good lug at the Peonsyliaolu Hotel when desired.— . any part of the State in consultation, or to II toi .ittg,t - al operations. So 4, 'Colon Black, up , May 2.1860-Iy. •'LW PICTURE GALLERY.- FRANK SPENCER t , .a.Ture to Inform tile citizens of Tioga n .(plL ')ltlpit be bee completed hie NEW PLLOfOGRAPII GALLERY. ~• n land to take all kind_ of Sun Pictures, ktnbroty pee, Ferrotypes, Vignettes, Cllttell te. the eurpri. and Eureka Pictures: also Jar attention paid to copying and eniarg— Instruction. given in the Art on lie term, Elmira Mansfield, Oct 1, 11" rENTiON SOLDIERS. V_\ P , IIITII, Knoxville, Tioga County, t , „ U. liceul'ad Agent, and Attorney nii•l their friends throngkeut all the 110 F. pruitwute and enlleet %vitt] un- DIETZS' CLUM6 iAND DUES .1,1• tiny ',they kind ;A . elsim the ii.t‘cretnent 1 eh,. any' of ;ha be "'Mr me yr is C,mgre..6 Tet Me , Moderate, An I e .t6t. e .1 , 6.1re•s will re „ prompt attention. Jan. 17, ISI4I. 111 1;.11TC•IFICIV. C. N. DA 11 T T, public b i n , ft r o , t 1 Tee t , the Laud Office nett Ept,,,p t• alt,ro he Kill e,rititille to IT. hll , :ra It. hat c..re, guarnntcLing.!_ ' , e n hero to,. :1.111 .4 . 0.... n :..• of p it _ fly ,111 inrult.b . , ARTIFICIAL rEETII, ..4,ire./. LING EETIr. Jl,l .14.0 in Ike •'r 11.4 t ;11;1.n/I ed •tYie. • I II FLACCID WITUOUT PAIN ' ktne-thette,, which are pen st be 4dministered in ever} t, J.,n. 1, 155:,-1,. 1 -;, AL INSTIIIITMRSTS —I ❑ S hake drAler int becker A Ilnaber and • 4. fir.bers piinns, Jlaron S 11 mnlto erb— trent, Linsey & Co. melodeons, and " E ihooin g e r melodeons , . Room over J. R. I •Kto'. =tore Sept 12, lila. - _ T AM PS.—A new kind of lamp for Eerotene—. ..1.4 no breakage of chimneys—at FOLEY'S. , • •.. • -.., • •• " . - - • • • _ (ko fit (Lk it(tialt • lota Giersisey, - • -- • ATTORIsiEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Llavini, returned to thin county with a view of I making it his permanent residence, solicits a there of public patronage. All business en trusted to his care will be attended to with I promptness and fidelity. Offiee,2d iloorisqulh of E.'S. Fares lugsAtha 11C94Pai WELLSBORO HOTEL (Coner )lair4treet an d the Avenue.) "WEJ.LBSORO, PA. B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor :most popular - inOillieS in T HIS Id one of the the county. This lintel is the principal Stage-house in Wellaboro. - Stages leave daily as follows For Tioga, at 10 a. co. ; For,Troy, at 8 a. cm.; Fol• Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Briday.at 2 p. m.; For Coudersport, every ,Monday , and Thursday at 2 p- ta. STAGES ARRIVE—From 1-2 o'clock. p. as.: From Troy, at 8 o'clock p. m. From Jer sey Shore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a. m.: From Coudersport, Monday and Thursday Il a. M. ;P. B.—Jimmy Cowden, the well-known host ler, will be Ladd on hand. 1 • ' Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy. W. D. LANG. DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, BOONS AND STATIONERY, PATENT MEDICINES, Perfumery, Medea Instruments and Musical Merchandise of all kfialls,-Fancy Goods of all khli; tte. L. MANSFIELD,• PA. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded October 31, 1868.78 m. ' i PHOTOGRAPHIC. E. it H. T. ANTHONY 81 CO., Maozuf#turers of Photographic Materials, - 4eciottsiat'ANDittrAK ,, - 47 501 BROADWAY, N. Y. In addition to our main business of Photographic Materials an are Ileadquarters.cor,therollowli*elz: . atereossopoi & 'Btereo' ItCOpie Of American and Foreign Cities nud Landampen, Grupo , . Statuary, etc. Stereoscopic Viewe of the War, From orgatirea made in_the rations campaign. and formmg ,emplete Fhatogrephle latatery et the great content. Stereoscopic , Views on Glass, Adapteci fur either %Ingle Lanterns or the Stereoscope. Our -Catalogue oath be sent to any ,address on receipt of d'entp. • Photographic Albums. Weinanufaetere more largely than any other house, about 200 ,arietlee (rose 50tent.,tu $.50 each. Qur AL111.319 bare the rtriutation of bung 'unperfor in beauty and durability to all others Card Photographs of Geaerals r States• "taint,/ Actors.'ete., etc:' Oar Catalogue embraces over FIVE TROUSAND different cubit cts, int . luding teproducttensof the most CaltsbrAted bugs:, lugs:' Paintings, C. WWI; Elb. Cam. logurs sent on retuipt 01 bump. . . l'ltutisgraphers nod others I.rdering goods C. 0 D. tnlesse round 25 per TA. of the ntnotilit :with their oider lto f rice, and quality of our goods cannot fad I. to satisfy. 1687=4in • NEW WINTER GOODS! AT REDUCED PRICES. Great Inducemenis to 'the Public! NOT having a big stock of OLD GOODS to shove oft at auction, Lam enabled to take atiViiiitagn of the 1,10,.:1. 1.1 pt love, cud am rea dy to supply the public with a splendid stack of NEW SPRING DRY GOODS, LATEST Styles, phased touacommoflate4hic,,m94 , i' k „ . . • • _ IC ,J 1:. Particular attention is directed to my de sirable stock of Ladies' DRESS GOODS, Alpaccas, Poplins, Prints, Detainee, &e., &o. Added to which I am offering a large and splendid stock 'of —' GROCERIES, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS and CAPS. &c., &e., &c., &e., &c., &., &c.. at prin . :at:ix tfifi hi 1,000,000, 'at t Osgood's old stand, Welisboro, Pa., C. B. KELLEY. April 4, 1886. LAWRENCEVILLE DRUG STORE. , .CHE undersigned haring purchased , s ------- the Drug Store of W. 0 Miller, will ' A . ; keep a full stock of t • I)RUGS AND MEDICINES,_ - :PA.TENT MEDICINES, PANTS, OILS, -Dye Stuffs, Kerosene Oil and Groceries, which will be sold nt as low prices es any other estab lishment in the country for each. C. P. LEONARD. LawriA,Let Ole, NOV. 5. 18.66.-if. . . ... . , i , - -,--- .77, - To the °lii oner# lif '1:10wa Co s urtyi lAm now building at my manufactory, In Lawrence• rills. n . superiur FANNING MILL, 1 which possesses the following advantages over allother Mills: 1, It separates oats, rat litter. and foul seeds. and chrss and cockle, (rpm wheat. 2. It cleans flat seed, (Amities yellow : sii.V and all other }soda, psi - lastly. 3, 11 cleans timothy bad 4. It does all other separating required of a mill. This mlll is built of the best and steel durable tim ber. In good style, and I. sold cheap for cash, or pro. duce. I will fit a patent nICT_C, for separating. ciata-crians sebeat, to qtr sagleionEersosagdo t ff r_ i i i - A 44 rztr i . • _ 1 Lavirrenceville, October 10, 1866-tf SAYE YOUR GREENBACKS! ! ANDCTA L U U.F SsL if- if T-1" Nast & Auerbach's _ CHEAP CASH STORE. BLOSSBUI(0. PA, -Where you can always find the best assorted stork of DOMESTIC & FANCY NIT GOODS, CLOTHS. NOTIONS. READY- -_ - Manornetered under tbcir own supervi.sion .1/ro 11,,i;th;Pg ; i nvdo, <f e.. tte. In 011 it mer..ll:tvt fallurin; obi LI is litarnt defy ; 01npoqitu o ; La.iLg the 1.4,44 *Oars of ffiiY.frk -111. i ~,, CHAJEWEEtti el . Turper, nod _Fornitoro -Oepisr, opposite Danes Wagon - - MAIN STREET, IVELLSBORO,. PA.. Orders promptly filled and ratiztaction gdiraa teed. Fsosy Turning done to order. Ort. tl, 1866.-tf. . . FLOUR FROM CHOICE W lIITE WHEAT, bvekwheat dour, cora meal arid feed, always on baid. Call at tba-Cbarleaton 31111 before bay i ing y ny dour and feed. I can make it an olleiet for to boy. ' % A. RUSSELL, - ' H116,,11f6d-ti . i i• • ''' t --, , _ LADIES' SETS from $1.50 to $3O, at &sell FOLEY'S SPECIAL NOTICE! EMU .READY -MADE CLOTHING _FOR THE NUXTITUDE. . OVER - COATS 1 ' OVER COATS,I HEAVY BUSINESS SUITS, FINE BUS. SUITS, DRESS SUITS OF ALL GRADES. FIJRNISIIING GOODS IN GREAT VA- Is fully eteeked with tho choicest and newest style' ggartnenteomial style, workmanship MIA Amadei to the hest custom work, hoth,fer. • 1 /1 BEAUTY OF FIT, QUALITY A ECON ' OMY IN PRICE NEW "STYLES CONTINUALLY ' - All Goods will ,130 sold at the LOWEST CASH PRICES tinder the Agitator Printing Office, neat door to 'RoylaDrag Store. - • Wellsbao; Sept. 28,1868. - • • - L„ . • , • .r.r7f • • . . Patented May 29, /HOO. rrni loan article for Ira-thing without rubbing, en rept Ia very dirty place; which 'VIM require to very alight rub, and unlike other preparationa °tiered for a like purpose, a ILL our 801. Tor CLOTHYS, but will leave them much W/TITER then ordinary methods, without the amour lee kr and tear. • itrenluves grease spots as if by magi, nud softens he dint by soaking, no that rinsing 0111 in ordinary ases °nth ely retains it. This powder iv prepared In accordance with chemical scieuoe.and upon a process pecaliar to Itself, which Is secured by Letters Patent. It has been in sae for more than a year, and loss proved itself an universal tavern• wherever tt Las been used Its tha he claimed arc the following, vi= aves the espouse of soap usually used on cot ton add linen goods. It sates toast of the labor of rubbing, and wear and tear. Also. for cleaning windows it 1a tuuturpamed. With one qnarter tile labor and expense usually required. it Impart. a beautiful gloss and luster, much enperior to auy other mode- No center required except to moisten the powder. - Direction. with Club package. ' - And .a be readily irppreclated by a knee trial. The coat of washing for a family of Ave or six persons will not exceed ine•o corn. _ . . The manufacturer. of this powder are aware that many useless compounde have been-.introduced to the publie which have rotted the cloth, or failed la tome,- bag the dirt; but knowing the =Uinta° evxollence of this article, they conildently proclaim it to being adapt ed to meet a dement) which lam lehr existed, and which has heretofore remerinerinneuppliort. Afiumfactored by HONE & STEVENS, 260711 - nedway, Boston. &leo, manufartarers of family dye - colon. For sate la grocers and dealers everywhere. - ocll7,'W-Sin AT I,GARDNEWS YOU CAN FIND A FIRST CLASS (MORRIE& & rgovisiohs, TEAS OF ALL KINDS, COFFEE, SU GAR, MOLASSES, .SYRUPS, SALT, SPICES, DRIED FRUIT, FIGS, ' CANNED FRUITS; PRUNES, ENGLISH - CURRANTS, RAISINS,-CITRON, - CREAMAARTAR, SODA, PORK, FLOUR, MACKEREL, WHITE ,P7sll; CORN MEAL, BUS -WHEAT FLOUR, ALSO_ HARDWARE. NAILS, AXES, TABLE A CUTLERY, SHOVELS, SPADES, HOES, FORKS, Crockeem,Jars,Jugs,Lamps and Chinzneys, Lantirds, Wooden- Ware of all kinds, Bedcords, Rope, Brooms, Brushes of all kinds; Plug & Fine Cut Tobacco, • &pars; also a large variety of •" . 1 Fancy ,Smoking Tobacco. In regard to flit sale of these goo., I bare a word co say, in strict confidence, of course. These goods were purchased for cash and will be.cold,, for cash at prices which will make it an object for housekeepers to purchase. I mean to do a square and fair trading business. Call and tee me--at the 3. , D. Jones' stand. L. A. GARDNER. Wellsboro, Dec, 12, 186t—tf Clalm :Agency. EffiNRY SIIERWOODUttJ. LIARRISON Atty's, will collect Itommts, Pexmoza, and another eleiras against the titiverranent,.. ' Undei Thd'pr'orisiOns . of late acts of Congress $lOO ' Extra. Bottnptyi"-:! . . will ho paid to every three years' mun iiiv; served out Merrill time, or was wonaded :was disch4tried by reason of the termination of the war, and to the widows, minor children or ps. rano. of three years men, $5O Extra Bounty will be paid to all two years'-men and their heirs under like eircumetances, and to three years' men who served two years of their enlistment. In ne case will soy extra bounty be paid when more than $lO9 has beau previously paid. No claim will be entertained unless presented under Hates AIID REGULATIONS Tuned by the War Department Sept . 22, 1886. - The Department will receive claims from Oct. 1, 1866, until April 1, 1887. In case of claims by parents under late acts of Congress for bounty, the FATHER mud MOTHEII toast both join in the application. 4oretuse of Pension:, $l6 per mouth to twiny Invalid Pensioner to tally dientled. $2 per,nrOnth for each child under 16 years of agent' widOw Pensioners, Foes for procuring Extra Bounty, $5 . " . Increase ?cation $5 " " Original Pension,. ....... ...$lO " collection the 4th of Sept. and 403 of March payments of Pensiona,... ......... $1 VALI., BROOK COAL—The undersigned, haring make arrangements to tarnish Coal bythe TON or CAR LOAD, eoaree or no, Belie itsthe patronage of the public. AESo.—has constantly on hand, a large stock of CARBTAOE BOLTS, Jtc., at wholesale and retail. _fgt. BLACKSMITNINO of nil kinds done in the best manner. S. M. GEE'R. Tingn, Dec. I, 1866—if. J. STICKLIN SORB THROAT AND QUINSY ARE CUR ed with ease and certainty by one or two ap plications of SALUTIBER on the outmlde. Sold at ROY'S. THE largest assortment of - Watches, 'Clocks, Jewelry and Plated Ware in Tiogs county at [l9dee66] FOLEY'S. I MIXE , • Ali-Sititticasi. Whezettwtit is the , 33egi.23-73.123.6 car I;2Plasclorta..” RIETY shall be unsurpassed CEIVED N. ASHER STOOK OF WET.LSB - ORO, PA., MARCH 6, 1867. original VI:1111g. - INVOCATION Ono single drop more in my burning cup, Would make the nauseous bitter draught run o'er, Vather fOrgive! Oh is it not enough? My waywardness and follies I deplore. Iv'e held the golden, chalioed cup of joy, And seen it dashed from my parched lips away, For He bath said, "thou shalt not•idola make," But labor, strive, and wait, and watch, and pray. live bowed before Ambition's gilded shrine, Have sought with selfish pride to win a name ; And learned too late her votaries all, she cheats When was the heartael; cured by empty fame? Then, too, I've knelt in friendship's rosy bowers, Have prised ray friend above all other good; To sce her falter in the' trial hour, She did not e could not, stem the adverse flood. I've loved,--4 God! have fondly truly loved, But the deep grave conceals him from my sight; I mourn,—tait not as those who have no hope, He dwells forever in the golden light. And now, my weary heart to Thee I bring. Father above! I kite thy chastening rod ; Oh, soothe with healing balm, oh soothe with love, Belli me to say,—My Father, and my God ! Speneerville, 1967, MEETA MELOROVE. Faistenautilus. ESCAPED PROM JUSTICE. It was a bitter night in January—a night when homeless wanderers on the moors might have sunk down frozen to death, and the very marrow seemed to congeal in one's bones. "There's one advantage in steam," growled a fat old "gentleman in the cor ner seatT "wind and weather don't affect it. No .fieshi and blood horse could stand a night like this, but the iron horse keeps straight ahead,wheth er the thermometer is at zero or at boil ing water heat." Just then the conductor entered. "Tickets, gentlemen, if you please." "It's a dreadful night, Conductor," I said, feeling with stiffened fingers, for my ticket, in the breast pocket of my coat. "Dreadful, sir," feelingly responded the conductor. "Why, the brakemen can't live outside, - and so I look the other way when they creep in, poor fellows, to get a breath of warm air at the stove. We haven't hadsuch a night since a year ago come the second of February, when Tom Blakeslee, the baggage-master, froze both his feet, and a woman who was coming on from Chicago got off at Blinn's Four Corners with her baby in her arms a corpse-!" "Frozen to death ?" "Aye, frozen.to death, and she never thought, poor thing, but what it was asleep. 'My baby's cold,' says she, 'but we'll soon warm it when we get home.' It was just such a night as this." And the conductor opened the door, and plunged across the coupling into the ntst (mi., crying out: 'Hardwick It was quite a considerable city—with a bandsomeiron depot, flaringgaslamps, and the usual crowd around the plat form, with its hands in its polckets and its cigar ends flaming through the night. Our cur was nearly the last of the long train, and but one passenger entered it —a slender young girl, wrapped in a gray blanket shawl, and wearing fluent little traveling hat of gray straw, trim med with stone colored velvet flowers. She seemed to hesitate, like one unused to traveling, and finally sat down near the door. "Pardon me, young lady," said I, "but you had better come nearer the stove." , , -- Shp - started, hesitated an instant, and then obeyed. "Does this train go to Bayswater?" she asied in a• voice so delicously soft and sweet that:it seemed to thrill through me. "Yes , citri I be of any service to you?" "Oh„.uo—at least not until we reach Bayiwater. I would like a carriage then." , .","We shall not be there yet thesethree ldiurs." "Do we stop again ?" "Only at Exmouth." She drew a deepsighoeemingly of re lief, and settled back. in a corner. By the light of the lamp that hung in its brass fixture opposite, I could see her face, tbat of a lovely child. Apparently she was not, more than sixteen, with large blue eyes, golden hair drawn straightaway from herface, and a little ;11:11,y mouth like that of a baby. "Do you expect friends to meet yon at Bayswater. my. child ?" I asked inci dentally. "No, sir—l am going tosebool there." "It will be an awkward hour for you to arrive by yourself—One in the morn • mg." "Oh, I am not afraid," she said with an artless littlelaugh ; "shall go straight to the Seminary. So the express train thundered on, with steady, ceaseless pulsing at its iron heart, and constant roar. Suddenly the signal whistles sounded, the train began - to slacken its speed. "Surely we're not at Exmouth yet," I thought, "unless I have fallen uncon sciously asleep and allowed the progress of time to escape me." • I glanced at my watch it.was barely half past eleven, and I knew we Were not due. at Exmouth until a few min , utes after twelve. I rubbed the frost from the windowpane and looked out. 'We had stopped at a lonely little way station in the midst of dense pine woods. "Is this Exmouth ?" It was the soft voice of the pretty traveler opposite. "No—l don't know what place it is ; some way station." "Does this train stop at way stations 2" "Never, generally; they must have been especially signalled here. You are cold, my child—your voice trembles." "It is cold," shelkaid in a scarcely au dible voice, drawing her shawl around her. "Oh, I wish they would hurry .on !" "We are moving once more," I said. "Conductoz,"—for the man of the tick ets was passing through the car—"why did we stop at that backwoods place?' "Out of water," was the reply, as he hurriedly passed by. Now I knew perfectly well that this answer was not the true solution of the matter. Our delay had not exceeded half a minute, altogether too short a time for replenishing the boilers; and where on earth was the water to come from in that desolate stretch of barren pine woods? Five minuted after the conductor re entered the car : I made room for him at my side. "Sit down, conductor—you've noth ing to do this minute." He Obeyed. "Wnattlid you mean by telling me such a Ile just now 2" - I spoke under my- breath: he replied in the same tone : - • "About what?" "About the reason you stopped just now." _ - - - lie 4miled. • "To tell you the truth, I stopped to take on a single passenger—a gentle man who has Come down from Bays water." "For the pleasure of traveling once more over the same route?" , Flvactly so—for the pleasure of trav eling It in certain society. Don't be alarmed for your own safety—it's a de tective policeman." was about to repeat the words in as tonishment, when he motioned me to silence. "And who is the offender ?" "I don , t k now myself yet. He doesn , t want a scene until the moment of ar rest ; we are safe enough until we reach Bayswater." "Where is be ?" "The detective ? He sits by the door yonder, with a ragged fur cap pulled over his eyes. Did you ever see a more perfect specimen of the dilapidated countqman ?" I smiled ; I could hardly help it. "What is the case?" "A murder—a man and his wife and two •little children—their throats cut, lastnight, and the house set fire to after wards." "Great heavens ! what a monster!" Wahad continued the conversation throughout in a whisper, scarcely above our breath, and now the conductor rose andieft we to study the faces of rny fel low 'passengers, with curious dread and horror. Somehow, often as I resolved the matter in my mind, my fancy would settleon a coarse, gross looking man opposite, with a bushy beard and a shaggy wool coat, with the collar turn ed up around his ears. I felt convinced that this man, with the brutal eyel, and the heavy, hanging jaws, was the Cain ! and as I looked furtively across I caught the wide open blue orbs of the fair little girl. Obeying - the instantaneous impulse of my heart, I rose and went over to her. "Yon heard what we were saying, my child?" "Yes—a murder—oh, how horrible !" "Donot be frightened—no one shall hurt you." She smiled up in my face with sweet confiding innocence. Our stay at Exmouth was but brief but during the delay I could see that the watchful detective had changed his seat to one nearer the brutish man in the shaggy coat. • "See," faltered the young girl—"they —they locked th e car doors at Exmouth; they are unlocking them now." She was right. "Probably they were fearful that the criminal should escape," I remarked in an undertone,. "Will you—may I trouble you to b i ting me a glass of water?" I rose and made my way towards the ice cooler by the door, but with difficul ty, for the train was again under rapid motion. To my disappointment the tin goblet was chained to the shelf. "No matter," said she, with a win ning smile, "I will come myself." I drew the water, and held up the cup ; Mit instead of taking it as she ap proached, she brushed suddenly past me, opened the door, and rushed out upon the platform. "Stop here! stop here!" shOuted the detective, springing to his 'feet. "She will be lined : conductor—bmkeman— bAhl up'-"' There was a rush—a tumult—a bus tle. I was first upon the platform: but it was empty and deserted, save by a half frozen looking brakeman, Itho seemed horror-stricken. She went past me like a shadow, and juMped off as we crossed Cairn turn pike-road,". he stammered. "Jumped off the express train! Well," said the conductor, shrugging his shoul ders, "she must have been killed in stantly. What mad folly !" - "It's five hundred dollars out of my pocket." said the detective, ruefully. "I didn't want a row before we got to Bayswater, but I'7was a confounded fool. A woman cornered will do any thing, I believe!" "What !" I ejaculated; "you surely do not mean that that child—" "I mean," said the detective, calmly, "that that child. as you call her, is At tilaßarton, a married woman of twenty six years, of age, who last night mur dered four persons in cold blood, and was trying to escape to Canada. That's what I mean l" e The train was stopped, and a party of us, beaded by the conductor and detec tive, went back to search for any trace of the beautiful young creature, whose loveliness and apparent innocence had appealed to my sympathies so earnest ly. Nor was it long before we found her, lying quite dead by the side of the track, frightfully mangled by the force of the fall, and mutilated almost beyond recognition ! "Well, she's escaped justice in this world, if not in the next," said the de tective, gloomily, as he stood looking down upon her remains. "Do you suppose she expected to be able to spring off the morning train without injury ?" I asked. "Without much injury—yes ; women are unreasoning creatures. But I never dreamed of such insane folly or I should have taken prompt measures to prevent it." They lifted up the fair dead thing, and carried it to the nearest place of ref uge—a lonely farm-house among the frozen hills, and we returned to the train, reaching Bayswater only a few minutes behind our regular time. And when in the next morning's pa pers I read the account of the murder ess, I thought of the slender creature's blue eyes, and rosebfid mouth, with a strange, pitying thrill at my heart. RETENCTE.—TWci men in the south of Africa swpre eternal hatred to Easel:Lath er. One of them found, one day, the little daughter of his enemy in the wood. He run quickly, to the young girl, cut off two of her fingers, and sent herhome bleeding, whilst he, with brutal joy, shouted, 'I have had my revenge l' Years passed, and the little girl was grown up to a woman, when, one day, a poor, greyheaded beggar came to her door, earnestly begging for food. The young woman recognized him immedi ately as being the same horrible man who had cut off her fingers when she was a child. She went into the cottage instantly, and desired her servant to bring him bread and milk, as much as he wanted. She sat down near him, and watched him when he ate. When he had finished, and was ready to go, she pointed to her hand and' said to him,— 'I, too, have had my revenge!' The poor man was quite perplexed and confounded at this ; for he did not know that that little girl had become a Christian, and had learnt the meaning of that sweet verse, the last in the twelfth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans. Which revenge was the sweetest? Judge -who is now a very able Judge of the dupreme Court of one of the great States of this Union, when he first " came to the bar" was a very blundering speaker. On one occasion, when be was trying a case of replevin, involving the right of property to a lot of hogs, he addressed the jury as fol lows : " Gentlemen of the jury, there was just twenty-four hogs in that drove just twenty-four, gentlemen "exactly twice as many as there are in that jury-box!" The effect can be imagined. Original storg. [For tho Agitator.] A SHORT STORY; WELCH IS NO ROMANCE PART -V. 1 , No sooner did it become clear that the fugitives had the heels of their pursuers than the danger-loving spirit of adven ture and deviltry began to manifest it self in the trapper. He turned • half round in his seat, watched the yelling redskins coolly for awhile, and then said to his frightened companion, " We're gain' on 'em—all but that feller on the lead ; he's on a good pony, an' might catch us in a mile race.'" Here he han dled his rifle uneasily, took another crit ical survey of the race, and spoke with a vim that showed his earnestness of purpose. Jake, Pm going to the left agiu-,- down by the timber ; If I draw the crowd, you keep on, an' go home, if you don't see.lndians—l'm a goin' to see if I can't save that feller—don't mind me." And away went Jake alone, up the knoll, as Dait Ruyter bore eastward for the skirt of the timber, making another angle in the race, and purposely giving the Indian a chance to gain on him.— Dacotalis are no fools, at least In a prai rie race; they saw the advantage, and the leading Indian made for the point of convergence again, followed by the rest, who saw that the horse had the heels of them, that the mule was tired, and that the trapper was riding for the sloughs, and thickets, just where the ponies could work to the best advantage. As Jacob neared the top of the bluff he heard two shots in rapid succession, and looking back he saw the head Indian riding out of his own smoke, with the mule not a hundred yards ahead, floun dering through a slough, the trapper quietly taking stock of the advancing enemy with his dangerous rifle well in hand- He saw the mule reach solid ground, run rapidly under the whip for a dozen rods or so, wheel and come to a full stop just as the short-legged pony was wallowing through the slough, belly deep. The Indian saw his mis take, but too late ; he leaned off his pony and tried to evade the shot, but hisdeath yell and the sharp crack of of the rifle reached Jacob's ears simul taneously: Dan had "saved" him.— In an instant seven shaggy ponies were pulled up short and seven half naked savages were pointing their smooth bored guns at the trapper • but "shoot in," as Dan often flechired, was his " best holt," and ere they tired a shot a a conical ballet from a six shooting " navy" whistled through the crowd, rapidly followed by - a second and a third •, then came a , clattering volley from the smooth bores,* under which the trapper rode away, apparently un stathed, followed by six Indians, leav ing one dead in the slough, and another sitting in the grass, too badly wounded to ride or walk. There is a fascination in a gallant life and death game, played under any circumstances—that will rivet attention from the most indiffer ent; and Jacob, albeit sick at heart with fear for his wife and little ones, could do no less than watch the brave fellow who was periling hie life to " draw the crowd" from himself and helpless fam ily. He saw that thp trapper had gained a handsome start by his sharp practice at the slough, saw him as be rode leis urely along, reach quietly forward and toss his rifle into the bushes, and then busy himself apparently in re-loading the six-shooter. He hastily adjusted the pocket glass and watched the issue with breathless interest; and then lie saw with a sharp pang that the mule was limping badly, evidently lamed by a shot, and was fast failing. He saw the trapper—cool to the last, turn sharp off and make for a thicket in the edge of the timber, where he disappeared, followed by the yelling foe. It was the last sight any white man ever got of Wild Dan the trapper; down by the edge of the timber the last act was played out, and five of the eight pur suers came away with a six-shooting "navy" and a brown-haired scalp as trophies of the chase, but they left be hind three of their braves. Whether he was mercifully killed by a shot, or taken alive and made to sweat his life away in torture can never be known. When the Indians were dliven off and the settlers began to return, in October, his festering body was found, blacken ed by prarie 'fire, and one of his captors who was hanged at Mankato admitted that Dan was Big brave—much right," but was grimly silent as to particulars. Rough, reckless, whiskey-drinking, Dan Ruyter, with a white wife in Ken tucky and two or more red ones among the Sioux, has already nearly passed from memory in the land where lie lost his life in trying to " draw the crowd" off his friend ; worthless and dissipated as he was, it is to be regretted that every scalp which the Dacotahs took did not cost us dearly as did his. It would have been a more wholesome lesson by far than any the government is likely to adilainister. When the last indian had disappeared among the thickets Jacob rode quickly to the high est point of the knoll, halted, and has , tily surveyed the ground with the glass; to the south, east. and north, not a mo ving thing in sight= but to the south west, in the direction of the German settlement, volumes of smoke were be ing whirled and swept by the west wind, and his heart seemed to shrivel and shrink within him as he thought of his wife and little ones, left in their helplessness to the fiends whose mild est mercies were tomahawking and Scalping. - --.Dashing down the- elope he rode at , full speed, straight for home, and ever as he rode, the-cannon at Fort Ridgley I sent their dull, heavy roar along the prairie, and the smoke from a dozen points in the settlement rose dense and black on his sight. A ride of three miles—it seemed thirty—brought him in sight of the grove by the lake, and then he saw the dark reek rising above his own• roof tree and knew that the dusty demons had been at their hellish work. Still, they might have escaped— the mother with her two precious in fants ; he clunto that hope and rode on. On, straight toward his burning home, into the smoke that flared and rolled from the roof along the ground, and as be pulled up within a few paces of the burning house a vision greeted ;his sight that sent the blood to his heart and turned lip and cheek to the pallor of death: For there, scalped, hacked, and disemboweled, lay a talr haired woman, her long hair stiffened - with clotted blood, and more horrible still, if that might be, an infant rivet ed to the interstices of the log walls by a rough stake, its little hands spread as if clutching at the air in its feartul agony, the eyes glaring and starting from the poor little head, and the body crisped and blackened by tire. What wonder is It that the brain of Jacob Kohler reeled, that his hauls dropped nerveless.at his side and that the whole seemed but a horrible night mare, a dream of the infernal pit For an Instant only did he gaze, when, bursting upon him from either •The Daeotahs were mostly armed during the raid• with double barreled shotguns, the barrels being shortened to 15 or 18 inches for concealment under their blankets:—they were murderous weapons at close quarters, but made will shoot ing at any thing like long range. NO. 10. end of the burning house a gang of war painted savages dashed through the smoke with whoop and yell, the fright ened horse sprang forward, there were half a dozen rapid shots, a stunning concussion, and in less time than it takes to tell it Jacob was lying near his own door, scalped and lifeless. And now we will go back to Katherine Kohler and her two children whom the husband and father bad left, all-uncon scious of danger, on that fatal morning. Katherine, like a faithful housewife as she was, had washed and tidied every thing about the house, including the children, had combed her own glossy hair, and was quietly sewing by the open door wheu she saw two riders on mules dash out from the grove to the north-west and ride directly for the house. As they came nearer she recog nized them as a couple of half breeds be longing to the lower Mission, and tier woman's instinct at once took the alarm : one of them rode. up to the door at full speed while the other made for the sta ble, seized a bridle and gave chase to a farm horse feeding at a short distance off on the prairie. " Where's Kohler?" asked the first one as he pulled up short, almost in the doorway ; " Out on der bra'ry mit der cattles," answered -Kath erine, whose English was by no means perfect. "Then get up an' dust yer gaiters for Elmo said the half breed; "You've got jest time to save yer scalp if ye don't stop to fuss with bonnets an' things." " Wily —vats der matter!" asked Katherine, as she hastily tied a close fitting hood tinder her chin and reached down a couple of little caps from a shelf overhead. . " Murderin' all 9calpin's the matter; the Soo's are up, takin' the har otrn everything au inch high an' a minute old—That's what'sthe matter" answer ed the half breed, as he jammed the two little caps energetically down on two astonished little heads. " I—can'trgo away midout Shacob," said Katherine falteringly. " Yei you can, but you couldn't go with bun," said the half breed; " Why woman ! dons you see that you an'these young ones would be like a clog on a bear's leg to him? Spose's he gets chased— he's a hors back an' can make a good ram Spose'n the Soos come' here, what could you do with these two cluing) lit tle Dutchmen on yer hands? Holder kep' me an' Hank last winter for a couple of weeks—thro' the weather when so many froze on the pra'rer—We told him then we'd see him paid : You was good to us—that's why we rid two miles out of our path this mornin'— And here's Hank with yer hossi,'—"l can't ride midout er Battte," said Kath erine, very pale by this time. "Ah! saddle—adzackly—Here, get on ter my mule—wait a minute till I shorten the stirrup—there, now up with you—Here Hank, take this young Dutchman, I'll tote the other—it's time we was off." Katherine seized a slate, wrote on it in German " Escaped to Ulm with Henry and Jim Freyner." hung the elate to the door by the latch string, mounted the mule by the help of a rather ungallant but effective " boo-'t" from Jim Freyner, and in less than ten minutes from the time the half breeds emerged from the grove, the whole par— ty were galloping safely on the road to - & . evi- Ulm. As they struck the road and turned to the northeast Katherine had said to Henry Freyner, the more thoughtful and intelligent of the two half-breeds, " r3otnepoty ought to go mit Frank Un man, to tell him." "I know"—said Henry, " but he and his no I take their chances—we risk our scalp as it is. If you knew the sights we seen at the Mission this ruornin'—but in good tellin'—you'll know soon enough : only we shan't make any stops on the road—'taint safe." And then she knew that the peril must be most imminent ; for both of these half breeds had Da,o tali wives and were considered by the whites as belonging to the tribe, among which most of their lives had been spent, although they belonged at the Mission and were partially educated.— Indeed, the Dacotahs were quite capa ble of scalping a full blooded member of their own tribe if he was a Mission Indian and refused to join the raid. long as the road led over the prairie both the Freyners were lynx-eyed, keeping a sharp loqkout ahead, behind, and on either flank, but when they entered the timber they rude rapidly and reckle , sl forward looking neither to the right or left. Not that the danger was less, but all lookouts are useless against an 11l- Wall in ambush: and so, winding in and out of the timber, around lakes and marshes, across sloughs and through groves, theyicame at last to New Ulan hod to the Nveleorne roof of old John Schultz, whom they found in a state of teu tonic distraction; for the news of the raid on the Lower Agency had reached the village long before many of the straggling settlements scattered about the country were apprised of the danger, and as no fugitives had come in from the German settlement, be was- sure that Jacob Kohler and hiseutire family were among the murdered. When, therefore, Katherine with her two boys reached home, badly tired and shaken by the rough ride, but safe and hale, his joy knew no bounds, and his gratitude to the half breeds found expression in a free offer of all the house contained, while he hiniself went to the nearest brewery for a basket of pretzels and a keg of lager. His eldest daughter, and his son were 'already at home ; but Ja cob—well, he - was "on it" as the Frey ners said - but even they admitted that a mounted man was pretty sure to in cape if he " played his hand out and didn't throw away his trumps." How Jacob had played his hand we have al ready seen ; and now let us describe, briefly, the fate of poor Frank Ullman and his family. It was long past noon, and Frank Ullman was at work making hay—;they Make hay till the autumn on the pun rie)—when his wife saw a band of In dians approaching from the west. In dians were so common however as to excite no alarm however, and, although these were in their war paint and armed, she suspected no danger. Not so a;Ger man girl, a casual visitor, who took the alarm and advised instant flight; but Margaret refused to go, and, while the girl escaped by a backk window and ran towards the lake, she saw a scene awitt ly enacted that froze her blood with, horror. The Indians went directly to the spot where Frank Ullman was at work, raised their guns and shot him down without parley. He was a power ful man, and the first shots were not fatal ; he struggled to his feet and rushed on his assailants .4 , ythe in hand, with such desperate-vigor that the leading savage bras slashed to the backbone ere he could parry-or avoid the assault, and sank to the ground with his bowels pie truding from the fearful wound. Seeli an unhooked -for death to one of their braves trout p source whence no resist ance was expected enraged the savage' to fren'v : they quickly shot him down a scennil time, scalped, beheaded, and disemboweled him, then cutoff the meet rind hands, which they thrust Into the abdoinipal cavity, and in this situation the corpse was found and interred, days afterward, by a burying party from Henderson. Alas, for the wretched wife: had she seized the golden opportunity for escape by hiding herself and infant in the long gratis by the lake, as did the German timp, doin t aotor Is Ytiblbthed every Wednesday Moralug, It V 2,00 Year. Invariably ln, adTance, by COBB & VAN GELDER. vla sane . a. a. con .I .A.z - vmm.-rxszwa. Tvg Ltmts 2r 31rnox, OR tzss, ILL= 032 24c,iaz. 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Of course the " braves" sae her and cave close, loping along leisurely, giving a whoop now and then to accelerate her speed, much as a cat plays with the mouse she intends ently to devour, and they they stil2=l her to reach the house before overtaking her. The particulars of what followed can never he accurately known : it was a favorite trick of the Dacotaha on ta king a mother with 'her infant to pin the child against any fence, tree, or log house at hand by a spike or hastily sharpened stick driven through its quiv ering body, then hold the mother before the writhing sufferer while they took turns in violating her in the most bru tal mariner, the whole affair to be fin ished by the usual knocking in head and scalping, fvith—in several instan ces—the addition of a sharpened stake driven through the body. For more than an hour the agonizing shrieks and prayers of Margaret Ull man were heard by the terrified girl hidden in tile grass across the lake ; when the brutal work was consumma ted and all was silent, the torch was ap plied and the smoke rose and rolled over the burning home of Jacob Koh ler. It was then, doubtless, that the Indians, seeing a horseman rapidly ap proaching and not being mounted them selves, had cunningly kept out of view until the right moment for a successful dash. Nor is it anything surprising that Jacob should have at once taken it for granted that the scorching, blacken ed little horror riveted to the burning logs was his Own child, and the mur dered woman—mutilated past all recog nition—his own ::ifs. rriter htfire gusted zaps. "From house to honse the torch followCil the hatchet," "some thrurigh backdoors. osier fields, abwza the bin'it to rho K . :or—Others hid arrlg the bnihti. in hollow lop or holes, behind =mpg, or in tile wicter—Yoking an infaustfrom its moth er: arm,. with a hit from one of the wagons tbey c.: et^ i it :trough its body to the fence and left .0 there to die. writhing in agony. After aTilding the mother for awhile before this agoni zinD o,eitazie. they chopped off her annsand legs and I.li her to bleed to death. Thus they butch ered tt - ent:.-a - re within a quarter of an sere."— F, o, ADE: ... 5 J. EDELL. fa the 27th Harper'• .11 To be C'ontinued.) o;orresvonblrite. LEITER FROM KANSAS. L _P. U. P. R. R..—Extenewe fre,ght,nl The Weather.—AnOthar- ow. the Grasshoppers.—The Jlarl.et:,d:c ATC - 141,0ti, K.-VN . ZAS, Feb. 18, 1867: UZM DeAl: AGITATOR: .The first sixty miles of Central Branch Union Pacific R. E. wa , completed on the of Jattua ry and work on the road is now sus penilt d until spring. It was the inten tion or the contractor to complete the roll I,p toe 15th of December, but rain, -pow. :snit the most disagreeable weath eir has been the cause of the delay. completion of this important th , lroughillre, which will tap one of the riche:4 agricultural sections of the State, will he an important item to our mer chants and husinc-s men, and already they are beginning to reap the har vc-t which has hardly commenced to How into the lap of Atchison. Hun dred, and thou-ands of dollars which have heretofore gone to St. Joseph and Leaveum orth will now, since the COM pletion of this road come here. Thou -auds of bushels of grain which have been -hipped to the Union Padden. R. 'GUI the Kansas river, will now be brought here and shipped to Chicago by rail or to :St. Louis by boat. - To give you a little idea of what the C. E. l'. P. R. R. is doing since6o miles have been completed, one saw mill In this city, which turns out several mill-. ion of lumber annually, sends over two thirds of all the lumber it saws out. on this road, whichgoes towards fencing farm on the wide prairies, building hou , es, villages and cities ; and which will rapidly settle up and be one of the most den , ely populated portions of the State. The freighting that will be carried on over the plains this season will be great er than any previous year. Thence are to be shipped foam different points on the Missouri river, about 50,000,000, lbs. of freighting for the army besides the millions that will go to New Mexi co, uolorado, Utah, 3lontana, and No one can have any idea of the magnitude of the freighting business that is to be carried on out here this year. The new mines being daly discoaered in the rich territories must be worked, andthouisindsof peoplewillfloek thither with nupletuents and machinery,to de velop the agricultural and mineral re source, of the far West. it is not yet decided what route the C. B. U. P. R. R. will follow, but the best informed say it will strike the Re publican Fork at a point about 150 miles due west of the city, and run in a north-westerly course and intersect the Omaha branch of the Union Pacific at or near Fort Kearney, teb. It would be a good thing for Atchison if our road could be built on an air line to Denver, as some suggested, but the idea of doing such a thing is perfectly ridiculous. A road to the moon might 'as well be at tempted. For several • hundred miles between the Platte and Smoky Hill rivers the country is nothing but a des ert of sand hills which does not produce enough vegetation to keep a grasshopper alive Except along the Platte, a great portion of the country between Fort Kearney and Denver is one of the most desolate and dreary looking countries I have ever seen. There are high moun tains of mud and when the wind blows and raises, a storm of sand, the effbot can better be imagined than described. There will undoubtedly be more miles of railroad built in Kansas this year than ever before. The Eastern Division of the Union Pacific, which is now com pleted to Junction City (the confluence or OW Republican and Kansas rivers, -ix miles west of Ft. Riley) it is now proposed to run up the :- , inoky Hill to Pond Creek, uud in smad olgoingdirectto. Den ter .'more tt eonr , e and go south we-d to :7 , ania-Fe. New Ilemco, and trienve ou rhroneni to California. The Omaha. Branch is-ndw completed to the mouth of the North Platte, about 275 miles from Denver, and ic 14 alleged that two direet routes to Colorado will not pay ; it is therefore talked of chang ing the 6inok;,- Hill route in the direr lion of Sante-Fm, leaving a gap of 1...).)0 miles of ~ tn:, l ,tig between Pond Creek and Denver. The weather th,s winter has been vary moderate nud 130 W as mild and pleas ant as April. We have had a great deal ohnow for Kansas but it has all disappeared, and the ice In the Missouri is moving out and we may look for steamboats in a few days. On Thurs day morning the 14th we were visited with a violent ruin and hail storm, ac companied with thunder and lightning,