JOBBING DEPARTMENT,
Th • PrepriatOrshaVe stocked estabislauiut vitt.
a large arsonist= t of moden3st th
yles
. .
JOE AND CARD TYPE
AND FAST PRESSES,
u a ar o prepared to execute neatly, and promptly
POi EU, UANDBILLS,CIRCOLARS, CARDS, BILL
READS, LETTER READS, STATEMENTS.
TOWEEIIIP ORDERS, Ac., &c.
Naas, Mortgages, Leases, and a full assortment of
Ccairstles' sud Jastices' Blanks, constantly on band.
paopleliring at a d ['tante can dspend on bartarth dr
Irca done promptly,and sent back in return mall
z3rOrncr—ltoy'eblock;Second Floor
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
W. D. TERBELL & CO.,
WEIGLESALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers In
Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass,
Perfumery, Paints and Oils, is., ie.
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1,11368.4 y.
/OW( L. XITCZLIL.
ENE=
. -
NICIEWLS & MITCEIELL,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
Ogioe formerly oacnpled by James Lowrey, Buq
Wit. A. litoaoLs. JOHN I. MITCEILL. -
Wellaboro, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy. •
IVILLIARIC FL SNllrrn,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT I,A,W
lasaranca, Bounty and Pension •Agenoy, Main
Sweat WeSonora, Pa., Jan. 1, ISM
S. F. iFtssos
WILSON & NILES,
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW,
First door from Blgoney's, on the Avent:L.3)—
MR attend to business entrusted to their care
in the counties of Tioga and Potter. if
Wellsbora, Jan. 1, 1666.
D. ANGELL & CO.,
3IANUFACTIIItEI3.B'ot, and Wholesale and Re
tail Dealer in Doon, Sub, and Blinds.. Also
Planing and Tuning done to order.
Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa., Jan. 16.1867'4Y..
P. W. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW—Mattiffeld, Tioga 00 7 Pa
May 9,1866—1 y
- GEORGE
TAILOR. Shop EMI door north of L. 'A. Seara's
Shoe Shop. ;Sr Cutting, Fitting, and Repair
,ng done promptly and well.
Welleboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1868.-Iy.
JOHN B. SHAHSPEARE, -
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop one door above
Smith's Law Mee. Or Cutting, Pitting, and
Repairing done promptly and in best style.
Welshers., Pa.. Jan. I, 1866-1 y
ICIE{N I. MITCHELL
A GENT for the oolleotion'of bounty, back psy
11.„ sad pensions doe soldiers from the Govern=
moot. Glace with Nichol, and Mitehell,-Wellit
bcro, Pa. m30,'66'-•
wm. GARIZETSOft,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT. LAW,
and Inearance Agent, Blossbarg, Pa., over
Caldwell's Store.
MAAR WALTON HOUSE,
Gaines, Tinge County, Pa.
11. C. VERMILYEA, PROPRIETOR. This in
new hotel located within easy access of the
OVA fishing and hunting grounds in North.
Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared
for the acoommodation of pleasure seekers and
the traviting public. - [Jan. 1, 1866.1
Pennsylvania House.
earl RIAII HAZLETT PROPRIETOR.
P o ' f : etl i ir o. h , o i 1 aEe e lj , ie
r n v yr . t a o ie r ti en dr e l;
Losplt all flea acceptable to patrol,.
Welloboro, May 9,1648.
PETROLEIMLUOUSE,
WESTFIELD, PA., lIEOROE CLOSE, Propri
etor. A new Hotel conduated on the principle
of live and let live, for the eceotomodation at
the public.—Nov. 14, 1866 —ly.
J. C. STILaNG.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Any business entrust—
ed to his ease will native prompt attention. .
Knoxville, Pa., Zi0v..14, 1866.—tf
080. W. ETON,
ATTORNEYS COUNSELOR AT LAW, Law.
renoevil*.Tioza C 0.,.
,Rs. Bounty, Pension.,
Taaaroace Agana, Oollastlana :promptly
&undid to, ,Ofbc. 2,1 - ,roor beloW Ford'Houss,
Deo. 12, 1864-ly
C. F. SWAN,
GENT for the Lycomtng County Insurance
A. Company, at 'Logo, Pa.
Juno b, 1886.-9 m.
FARR'S HOTEL,
TIOGA, TIOOA COUNTY, PA.,
Good stabling,attachod; and anattenUrnnos
tter always in attandactoi. ,
E. S. FARR , Pioprietor.
BlaokstaitYand Farriei.
JOB6Pa MAIiLY would Inform the oititerdi
of WeUsher° and eleinity that bas leased
the old Mack stand, on Water street, lately oc
cupied by Mr. Ritter, wbere be may be found
prepared to shoe horses and oxen. and do all
work pertaining to his trade. He also is a prac
tical Farrier, and will treat berses for iiiseabes.
October 24. 1666-If
Hairdressing & Shaving
Saloon °vac W illsox h Earker'e. Mori, Welc
hem, Pa. Particular attention paid to Ladies'
this-cutting, Shampooing, Dyeing, etc. Dratds,
Puffs, Cloall, and mulches on hand and made to pr-
H. W. DORSEY. J. JOHRSOR.
GOLD recolred on , clepositc„ for which certifi
cotes will bo istnied, bearing inicrest in yob].
E. W. CLARK k CO, Bankers: -
No 35 south Third Ftreet, Phila.
DeBACON, 51. D., late of tho 2,1 Pa. Cala:icy, utter
nearly fear jefira of at toy war, ice, ligth a tariu
4erienos In field and hospital practice, has opened an
' atca for the practice of ioodklne and turgery. in all
:Cc branches. Parsons from a distance cau rind good
, oriltig at lb. Pennsylvania hotel when domed.—
vhdt any part of the fir to In consultatlyo, or to
r,rl,an surreal operations. No '4, U0101:1 Block. up
stror e r Wellaboro. Px , May 2, 1666-Iv.
, - Ew PICTURE GALLERY.-
PRANK SPENCER
rs the pleannre to inform the citlzens or Tioga
etnuty that he has completed. bia
NEW PHOTOGRAPH , iALLEItr,
end i± on heed to take all kinds of Bun Pictures,
orb re A m broty pea, Ferroty . aes,l'ignot tes, Canoe
de V Nits, the Eorprise and oreka. Pietores; also
solcalar nttantion paid to copying andanlarg—
a,t Pictures. Instructions given in the Art on
, enable terms. Elmira Et., Mansfield, Ort 1,
INaa.
%TTENTION SOLDIERS.
R. SMITH, U s. L en e d ir Ll le,
Agent, T.inogn
d Attorney Cun
,oldiers add their friends thronglient all the
nal Stater.,) will prosecute and collect with no
rI,aIhdtRICCEISE,
SOLDIERS' cidams AND DUES
vi all kin.le. Also, any other kind of claim
n, , ,linst Gm Government before any of the De
n irtments or in CongreNe. Terms moderate, All
Pomosunicatlons sent to the tiboreaddre-s will re
ceive prompt attention. Jan. 1.7.1.5.68...
afar" - - DI NICIISsTP.V•
C. N: DARTT,,
- WOULD ray to the public that he is perma
1k neatly located in Witßeborn, (Office at his
residence, near the Land OM& and Episcopal
CLurc'u) where he will continue to do hind•
tr,ek confided to hie care, guaranteeing complete
nuefar:iou where the skill 11 the Dentist cot.
n.wi in the nianagonient of vane peculiar to the
He will furnish "
Arrrprear - ftrit - ,* -
got on any material desired_
PILLING lk EXTRACTING TEETH,
extended to on shortest notice, and dune in the
hest and moat approved style.
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN
ty the the nee of d.ntestheties erblob, are per
fectly harmleas, and will be administered in every
case when desired.
. • .
Wtlisboro, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
IS ks LI SI h
SICAL INSTRO ENTS.—J. B. a .
pear, dealer in Decker & Brother • and
Slimes & Brothers pianos. Mason & Hamlin rah
ictt organs, Trent, Lillie} , & Co. melodeons, and
14 B. B honnger melodeons:- ROOM .1
wier . 'it.
B.nen't stoie. Sept . l2, 1868.
T AMPS.—& new kind of lamp for Kerosene—
. 6.4 no breakage of ehhmeys—at FOLEY'S.
=
voL. xiv.,
John W. ljnervey,_
ATTORNEY •AND TCOUNSELOTt AT LAW.
EierViLlt returned to Ohl, county with a view of
making it hie permanent residence, solicits a
share of public patronage. All business en
trusted to hie craw will be attended to with
promptness and fidelity. 'Office 2d Mid; south
of E. 8. Farr's hotel. Tioga, Tioga - Co., Pa.
'opt. 26.'60.—tf.
WELLSBORO HOTEL.
j r cerner Attain 'Street and the .Acenue.)
. - WELeiono, t
B. B. HOLIDAY, Ptoprietor.
rpHIS is one of the most popular Houses in
1. the county. This Hotel is the principal
Stage-house in Wellsbiltages leave daily
as follows :
For Tioga, at 10 a. tn.; For Troy, at 8 a. m.;
For Jersey Shore every. Tueaday and Friday at
2 p. m.; Por.gaudisraport,,AvEry Idoadely and
Thuraday at 2 p. m.
STAGES Aar:lva—From Tioga, at 121-2 o'clock
p.m.: From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. m.: From Jer
sey Shore, Tuesday and Friday 11 a.m.:„From
Conderipottlionday And Thnradipila. nt. • •
ILB.—Jimmy COwderi:the wall-known
ler, will be found nil hand, .
Mrellsboro, Jan., 1, 1868-13•..
IMM!
W. P. LANG.
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
IsklflDIES .AND •13T4TIDNEEVI •''
PATENT MEDICINES, Perfumery, Musical
Instruments and Musical Merchandise of all
kinds, Fancy Goods of all kinds, de,
MANSFIELD, PA.
Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded
Octglt~C 31, 112661-eR3.„,
PHOTOGin6.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
Manufacturikr , of "Phorefpa ~Mek ials,
501 BROADWAY, N. Y
In addition to oar mafrlMEgia of Photographic
Material, we are Headquarters for the following, viz:
Stereoscopes & Stereoscopic Views
AcuerloarrAttek...7oraigu , eltlea=4cul 7 LarasefilieUT
(imp. Statuary, etc.
Stereoscopic Views of tho. War,
From negative, made to the curials camyglgaaaad
forming a complete PholographicrWatory nfltte great
contest. -
Stereoscopic Views on Glass.
Adapted for either Magic Lanterns or the Stereoscope.
Our gatalortor will be runt. toru,uolrtress au.sareapr,
Photogroshic:'.lUbusisi
We manufacture more largely than any other Louse,
about 200 varieties from 50 cents to $5O each. Our
ALBUMS Lave the reputation of being superior in
beauty and durability to all others
Card PhotairaPha of Clonarafr;:itates-
mon, Actors. sic., ctc
Our Catalogue embraces over FIVE THOUSAND
different eubjrcts,lncluding. reproductionaaf the most
celebtatad.lNigneflogs; Paititings,Elatuearete. Cata
logues sent on receipt of sterol.
Photographers and other. ordering goods C.0.D.,
will Omega remit 26 per cent. of the azownsit,crlth their
order. The prietalwatt quality `67 our goodellingol fail
to eatiery. Jou. 2,1847-9 m.
NEW WINTER tftbS
AT REDUCED PRICES.
Great Indtteletieitte to the Public!
1%,701.%.12)11 420 • I Of
- 140% off at auction, j azoiattabled ti t ,t.Al
agrantaitietflornepf44,iind aat
dy to supply am public with a splendid stock of
NEW SPRING DRY GOODS, LATEST
Styles, purchased to accommodate this mar
ket.
Particular attention is directed to my de.
sirsble stock of Ladies' DRESS GOODS,
Alpacas, 6plinOtlits.Delitinep,
Added-to -erhiebA am 'offering a L largti
and splendid etock of
GROCERIES, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS
and CAPS. &0.,Au.. &P.*
at prises to s - uii the - 000,060,- at Osgood's
old stand, Welleboro, Pa.
Apfi14,1866
IX';Ti't'lil iiiIIII tIJ
! THE undersigned haring purchased
-••—• • the Drug Store of W. Q Miller, trill
•= keep a full stock of
/..IL DRUGS AND 14.ED.Wi*E4,
PATENT MEDI — CINES, PAINTS, OILS,
Dye• Stuffs, Kerosene Oil nod Groedies, which
will be sold of as low prices no any other estab
lishment in the country for cash.
Ivren'efr4ille; Nov. 5,1ti6C13',?;?.'"?
To the Farmers Of Tioga County.
A l l l. ?? .. bu re il r tio r g at my manufactory, in Lawrenco
FA .N.217.1.2VG MILI., •
wlikh po4plecirrio IttirfAclfteigeer,Vllfir
mills eh ', 'L./
I. It separatei oat, rat litter, and tool seed., and
chez., and cockle, troll% wheat.
2. It cleans flax seed, taltor out yclh w feed, and all
other ,044, perfectly
a, It clans ttmuthy Seed
4.. It .loed all other e..pare t:hg required of '
, This mill is boat ‘..f the beet Rod moat durable tint
bor. in good style, Rod id Rol.] cheap tot cloth, or pro.
duet.
will fit patent odoTut Rie,Ww4i,nrx,pats from
wheat, to other mills. on rnasonaille tonna
J. 11 AIATHEIt
trilerencerille. October 10, 1.1010.41
"(AVE YOUR GREENBACKS!!
+'•',
s r ,
n T
Nast & Auerbach's
CAP CASE~_STORE.
Where you can always find the hest assorted
stock of
[- DOMESTIC S: FANCY D/tY GOODS,
CLOTHS, NOTIONS, READY-
•
itianufaeicred under their oten supervision
A 1.., Ova,' fir, nigh i g goodo, he., Qe
In thiir morchankteiloriitgolitablednewat they *a
comp,ifirou i having the ?wet to4lors of New Yort city,
noir on ex prrieo,ll Cutter. Ur. , P. Erwin. Ifel.2l6cly
ef - i, 8 7. 7 aL c er K N:i V. 4 44 1 12YD . , E 0V4
• • +crpposile lakes Wit - ion st,6p, --
MA IN STREET, WELLSBORO, PA.
Orders promptlylitted and satisfaction guaran
teed. Panay Turning done to order.
Oat. 31, 1866.-tf. "J. STICELIN.
F .
LIJII Et FROM. C110.1.0.ft 17111TH WHEAT,
buckwheat flour, corn.nival and feed, always
on hand. Cell at the Charleston 78111 hereto tioy-
Ins your flour and feed. I can make it an object
.for you to buy. - A. RUBS - ELL.
stay -
TADrEs , 'SiTS from $1.60 MVO, at
tlO4ll . - - .ROLRY'fI.
.. .
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WHOLZMAIS AND ENTAIL,
MEE
ME
C. B. KELLEY
BLOSSBURG. PA,
'` . ll 3Vhfi> cot- liErheatzglat as the 313eg1tast.132.g car 17171ecletta."
SPECIAL NOTICE!
READY -MADE CLOTHING
FOE, THE MULTITUDE
OVER COATS 1 OVER COATS I
HEAVY' BUSINESS SUITS, FINE /31.1 E
SUITS, DRESS SUITS OP AIL '
GRADES.' t
FURNISHING-GOODS IN GREAT VA=
Ts ray. iteekie with' Abis - :Oholekst std n~weet
styles of Garments . ; equal- itilstyle, workmanship
~ard material to tbo beet custom work, both for,-
BEAUTY= OF FIT; QUALITY & ECON
. VIM PRICE . •
abet to unArpnesed.
NEW: STYLES TONTINEALLY 'RE
cpvtri.
An @Code *ill be mold it tbe
LOWEST CASH vPRICES,
Ds, -•
ASHER'
..undor the Agitator .Printing Oakre, rant door to
aYlit Drag Attreal, - . 2, - •,.
rellsboro, Sept. 26, 1866,--
. .
„.. Dr.
•
MIII2 is an articleiniVaShini4rlthent'stiilfh t e, : ex:
censin rats Irsv.pisnes, rshicharllt-rsquirsrevery
slight nib, and unlike other prepeoalone-crlfered for u
like purpose, um.s.stot Ear Tut tcorltid,bntisill leave
them much wurriallinu °HI miry methods, 'without the
MIMI wear and tear.
It remous grease spots as It by magic, and softena
the dirt by seating, so that rinsing will in ordinary
cases entirely remove it.
Thns powder is prepared in accordance with chemical
science, and' upon a process peen list to itself; *bleb Ts
Secured by Letters Patent. It bits been In use for more
Alien a year, and has proved itself an nnlyersal favorite
ischereVer lt has been used
Among the advantages claimed me the following, rim
It IMITO4 oath° onpon so ofnoap usual used on cot.
ton and Boon goods.
It saves most of the labor of rubbing, and wear and
toot.. -
diso,for, cleating windows it is unsurpassed. With
one quarter the labor and expense McNally required, it
imparts a beautiful gloss and luster, much superior to
any other Mode. No water required except to moisten
the powder.'
. _
Directions with each'paelinge. . _
pat:Wean be readily appteelated by a ningla trial. The
coat of washing fora femily of fire or alx persons will
not exceed LEM O&M. ' _ ,
The manufacturer. of, this powder are aware that
many nveless conipounde have been - introduced to the
public which hove rotted the cloth, or failed In remov
ing the dart; but knowing-the intrinsterxcellence of
this article, they confidently proolalmitas being tuLapb
ed to meet a demand which lied tobg existed, nail which.
has heretofore manic.' unimpplied. Mentifitcnared by
HOWE a STEVENS,
200Bros!limy, Boston.
Also, rsannfecturers of fatally clyo colors. For as
Ugrocersand dealers everysahosis m 117036,3%
AT GARDNER'S
-off AZikitiiiPi
STOCK OF
'GROCERIES &-TROVISION
• ••
TEAS 04::.ALriKINDS, 'cOEFEE, SU
GAR: MOLASSES, SYRUPS, SALT,
SPICES, DRIED FRUIT, FIGS,
• . (tANtile UrrS: PRUNES,
ENGLISH, CURRAI TS,.,
RAISINS, CITRON,
CREAM TARTAR,
SODA •
PORE, FLOUR, MACEEREL, WHITE
"LW,. CORN ME4I BM% '
WITEAT FLOUR,
MAO_ I:I44.DWAR-F,,-,,,- 1
a
NAILS, AXES, TABLE AND, POCKET
CUTLERY, SHOVELS, SPADES,
ROES, FORKS,
CrocAery, Jars, Jugs, Lamps and Chimneys,
Lanterns, Wooden-TVcire of all kinds,
. •
Bedeorcbn.i
. - 1 3 / 1 /9 , & Fine C f ui" 210ac - cO. -
Segars; also a large 'variety of -
Fancy Smoking Tobacco.
In fegar; loth, etre itttielte r gand 1 - 1. hale a
word to,saxilicsirieletiisfideriesief.fonrielsihee6
goods were pnr . .9b.d.,fori3;klh*.'endrwilEblsllield
L g: cash at priosieh will make it an object
Ir. housekeepers to purchase. I mean to do a
agnate and fair trading business. Coll and see
me—at the J. I). Jones' stand. _ _
I. . GARIIIIEII-.j •
1164:-AC".. :
' •
uTENRY SHERWOODA & J. HARRISON
,111, Ally's, will ccdleat Bounrms, PENSIONS,
and all other claims against the government. ~.
Undir-rriiiinilidotiii:of , late 'retro!' Coithreis
4 llounty;
Aictr
be paid to every tbreayeurs'Jtalth,who served
*lt his full time, or wiis - woulided in service, or
was discharged by reason of the termination of the
war, and to the widows, miner children or pa
rents of three years men,
$5O Extra pounty
will be paid to all two years' men and their heirs
' under like rircumetancee, and to three years' men
who served two years of their enlistment.
In no caae.will any.extra bounty be paid when
more tharrlSlOnhairbeeu,preaionalylinid,-
No clitim will be entertained unless presented
under RULES AND REcior.Artolts issued by the
War Department Sept. 82, 2866..
The Department will receive claims front Oct.
1, 1866, until April 1,1867. In case of elaimsby
parents under late note of Congress for bounty,
the Faptan and MOTAIER. mast ,bolls juju in the
application, :
. Increase of Pension.
$l5 per mouth to army Invalid Pensioner to
tally disabled.
$2 per mouth - fogenah childAnder• 16 yenta of
age of widotr3tirlielonenr.i' -." •
.kees for procuring Extra Bounty,- $5
" fr:reale Pension,.... $5
" Original Pension 6.10
" •'
colleotton the 4th of Sept:and 4th of
Match payinenterof - $1
V ALL BROOK COAL.—The undersigned,
J. hiring - make - arrangements to furnish Coal
bythe TON or OAR LOAD, °Oars° or Hoe, sotto-
Itsthe patronage of the publics.
ALSO—has constantly on band, a large stock
of CARRIAGE BOLTS, Ac., at wholesale-and
retail. 109" BLACKSMITHING of all hiids
done in the best manner. 8. 2kl. OBER.
' Tioga, Dec. 1, 1558-tf.
_ _
SORB THROAT AND 4IIINSY ARE CUR
ed with ease and certainty, by one or two ap
plications of SALITTITHR - on the outside. Sold
et
HOY'S.
frIBE largest' assortment of Watches, Clocks,
Jewohy and Platod.Wire to 'flogs county
at _ (19606] - FOLEY'S. .
AVELLSBORO, PA., ATARCH 13, 1867.
0 rigittal thrtfrg.
[For the Agitator.]
EF.TIMBPECTION
ST •71181" auALNV GLADDIZG
Sitting by the dying embers,
Watching their faint, filial gleam;
Slowly shifts the scene before me,
And amid the glean I dream.
~Faces of the distort loved ones
Smile from out the deep'ning gloom,
And the forme co well remembered
Steal into the shadowy room.
- Golden curls twined by my Angers,
Eyeeof Gearen's own liquidfilne,
:Fairy form of grace and lightness,
Gentle smiles, and heart so true.
Thingb, from ontibeir deep reaesies
Blending team bedirn my,eight,
'Know I, by my heart's glad thrilling,
' ie with me to-night.
d.ll the loie of years seems beaming
In the face 30 pure and fair,
Till I hush my heart's wild throbbing
',est should fade the vision rare.
Not a trace of earthly passion
- Doth her saintly beauty mar.
,And I, gazing on her, murmur
Thon art so near and yet so far."
4 1'hen, as though my thoughts divining
CloaeF atealathe ,vision . bright,
And the dear eyes in mine gazing,
Beam with Benven's angelic light,
•
. _
their_ gaze naps, aloady upward
* With a pap enraptured glow,
.da though they, in voiceless language,
• ' To the lonely forth below,
Fain we'uld 'say "Oh I loved and trusted,
Though the scenes of earth era bright,
.Yet beside 'the bliss of :Heaven
Fades away their feoblo light.
forgotten are-our earth flee
Close . beside the portals fair
Wait we with an eager welcome
For the friends 'Who enter there.
?lowlp fade! - the benateous vision,
Aod the shadows choice . creep.
Yet a clieerihg gleam of iomfoit
i . 4.he into my spirit deep.
Ana, though bist'finoortal vision
- Is thospigolic fops of light,
Sgft. I murmur to my awn heart,
"Hattie bay been bora
Metier Iffoßitts, al. T., MARCH 1.867.
igtellautrats.
" WHAT WAS I 111"
A :PALE OF THE NORTH PACIFIC
-- in the.yeax,lB6,--I was in command of
the _Dolphin, a flue bark of 600 tons.
We had on a.Whaling voyage, and
hzu.Lobtained.aa.-tmusually
_good cargo.
of 011;7 bothf in - quality, and quantity.
With our course laid for home, the
crewingood health, and a fair prospect
of percentage money on the cargo,what
more would we want to keep the zottr 2
iandthe jest an' the-lips -of the iarew 't
-Time passed quickly- along. "Home
ward bound" has an intensified mean
ing to the whaler's crew, and as we
bowled along with a good breeze, each
day - getting nearer to our homes and
firesides, there were few on the vessel
Who did not feel their spirits rising with
each day's progress.
One night about eleven o'clock I was
sitting at the upper end of my cabin
table - consulting a chart on which the
Vessel's course was laid down. (I had
been - reading Dante's Inferno , and - the
horrible nature of the work bade
my sensitive feelings to such an extent
that.l had determined.to try how far a
cigar and a walk on deck would steady
my nerves._ Just as I was about rising
from my chair to go on deck I noticed
a figure, descending the companion-way
before. me. '. A single glance told me
that it was not one of the crew. Not
one of .my well-fed, sleek men could
-possibly look as miserable as this figure
1 loolied, even at the distance at - which I
saw_him. 'Slowly he descended the
steps, grasping the hand-rail to support
himself as if he were too feeble to de
scend without support. His back was
bent;-midhis head lay forward on his
breast as Ulm. was. carefully watching
his footsteps : hieleet were bare, while
hie head wag enveloped in a piece of old
sail-bloth in place of a cap. His left arm
hungliown by his side carefully rolled
up in - ' his coat, which - had evidently
been-taken off for this purpose ; and the
arrmitself appeared to be broken. Qui
etly and without uttering a word he ap
proached me, and at last he sat down at
the opposite-end-of the table -to .that
Which sass my : accustomed place. He
'then - slowly raised his head; and a sight
waspresented to my - astonished gaze,
the like of which I hope I' may never
see again. A fine, noble face it was;
but attenuated by disease and suffering,
or perhaps both. The features had been
good and regular, but .now the cheeks
were. - Sliukeu and hollow; the teeth,
wlifte'an even; were firmly set together,
while the thin, parched lips weredraWn
back ;:frolii - them. The eyes were as
black ea coal, but sank far rack in the
head, aril saw that they were at once
-fixed on. 'the With a dull, unmeaning
stare. - The now stood up just op
posibitn-ine, and I felt - myself spell
boundtd-my seat without the power to
addreaS it: ' Having looked at me fixedly
for some time, - the figure then walked
up to MY Side till it touched my shoul
der. Reaching out his arm, lie laid a
'bony finger on the chart - which was on
the table, and before I could muster
courage to-articulate, lo ! he had disap
peared.
, Recovering my composure somewhat,
I - Sprang with a bound up the compan
ion-way and shouted for the mate. He
speedily replied to my call and came
after dragging something behind him
which kept up a continued howling.
As he-eame nearer to me I saw that it
was my Labrador dog Caspar, and I
inquired the meaning of what he was
doing. "Why_ sir," he replied, "the
dog lay on the companion.hatch until a
few moments ago, 'apparently sound
asleep when all of a sudden he sprang
up with.a horrible howl, and ran to his
kennel forward with his tail between
his legs. I went forward after him, and
found him in his kennel shaking with
fright, and when I put my hand in to
pat him he attempted to bite me. Hear
ing you call, I dragged him aft with
me by his collar, to see if he had not
been hurt in some manner, for I never
saw him act so before."
I did not examine the terrified dog.
I felt-that-he-had-seen- my visitor as
well as myself. With some difficulty I
soothed him, and then went down be
low. Walking up to my table, I cast a
look down at the chart. At the exact
spot where my visitor had placed his
attenuate finger I saw a dull red mark,
and on a closer examination I perceived
that it was a drop of blood. The mark
indicated a position in the chart which
was about a day's sail from and at right
angle to our course. For two hours I
paced the deck wondering at what had
happened. Tbe.visitor was surely no
creation of my own imagination, for the
dog had seen the figure as well as myself,
and the spot on the chart was plain ev
idence. What could it mean ? I half
determined to ask the man's advice.
He was a firm believer in spiritual man
ifestations, and would endeavor tosolve
the enigma in some way or other. But
then I had always ridiculed the notion,
and it was too galling to my pride to
ask his advice now on that of which I
had always denied the existence, save
in a heated imagination ; so I 'deter
mined to keep my own counsel. Turn
ing in soon after I slept well and awoke
refreshed—determined in my own toind
to say nothing and think no more about
it.
When I got on-deck I found that we
-were becalmed! Not a ripple was on
the water. The day passed away mo
notonously enough. The crew slept. I
read and smoked . and eleven o clock
that night found me in my chair at the
head of-the table in the cabin. Caspar,
who had quite got over his fears, lay on
the hatch at the head of the cabin stairs.
I could hear the pat, pat of his tail as a
sort of greeting to the mate as he kept
pressing him in his walk up and down
the deck. This evening my thoughts
were tranquil, for I was reading a vol
ume of Longfellow's poems and was in
the midst of Evangeline, when I heard
howl from Caspar and the scurry of his
feet as be seamperedforward. Looking
np I saw my visitor of the previous
night again descending the companion
way. He seemed much weaker, and
came slowly down, clutching the hand
rail with his one sound arm and hand.
He walked across the cabin more feebly
than before, and his respiration was
heavy and labored when he reached the
table.. He glanced at the table with an
ftintlotia look as if to see whether the
chart was still there. It was not. He
then gazed at me with a disappointed
and sorrowful stare and disappeared.
I remained quietly in my chair for
about ten minutes after the spectre had
departed. When I went on deck I
found the mate again endeavoring to
soothe the dog, who snapped and snarled
in his kennel until-it was unsafe to ap
proach him. Leaving him there I went
below, and throwing myself, dressed as
I was, on my cot, I tried to sleep. Un
refreshing and feverish was the sleep
which visited ine that night, and I arose
"In the morning totally unlit for work
of any kind and with my nerves entire
ly unstrung. What was expected of
me? For what purpose had I been
warned?—What must I do? Thus I
mused during the entire day. Caspar
kept close to his kennel all the time and
steadily refused to eat or drink. When
ever any one of us approached him he
attempted to snap at us, and appeared
as if entirely under theinfluence of some
great fear. The calm had continued
during the entire day, and we made no
progress whatever., Again evening ap
proached and the same hour found me
as on the two previous nights, sitting at
my table. This time I eagerly awaited
my visitor. Would the figure again ap
pear? I found myself hoping that it
[ would. This time I did not attempt to
read, for my thoughts were too troubled
.to permit ofany concentrating my mind
on any book. The same chart with the
blood-stain on it, lay on the table before
me. Would my visitor, if he came
again, touch that spot, or would he give
me some other sign which might indi
-1 date tome the course I ought topursue ?
This time there was no Caspar w ward
me, but I felt that the ft re was com
ing even ere It appeared. Presently I
saw it again coming down. the stairs.
This time it was evidently far weaker 1
than before, for with difficulty could it
stand, and it toiled down the steps in
manifest sufferings and agony. At last
it reached the cabin floor and attempted
to advance toward me; but no sooner
had it let go thehand-rail than it sank
down exhausted. I sprang up and rush
ed toward it ; but the moment I moved
the spectre vanished, and when I at
tempted to raise the fallen figure my
hands touched the cabin flour.
And now a light seemed to break upon
me. I rushed upon deck, when I found
the mate and crew setting all sail to
catch the breeze which had just sprung
up. I immediately gave order that the
Dolphin's course should be altered to
that which would bring us to the spot
marked so plainly on the chart by the
drop of blood. All that night I paced
the deck. No sleep seemed possible to
me until this hidden mystery should be
revealed. We made a beautiful run,
and with daylight I hoped to find—
TV/idf P - I knew not.
The dawn brought a disappointment.'
A dense fog lay on the face of the Ocean.
We could discern nothing at ten yards
distance from the vessel's side. Accor
ding to my calculations and by the log
we should have been not far from that
spoton the wide sea where I hoped to
find a solution of the mistery. Toward
noon the wind died away, and at length
deserted us altogether. Then the fog
slowly rose, and I at once, glass in hand,
ascended the rigging. With eager gaze
I -scanned the horizon ahead and on
both bows, but no welcome object met
my eyes. Disheartened at I knew not
what, I was about coming down when
I chanced to look directly astern. Al
most directly in our wake, butfarastern
of us lay an object, which by the aid
or glass, I made out to be an open boat.
.I could not discern anything in it, and
it appeared to lie like it log upon the
water. The gig was soon lowered accor
ding to my orders and a mate and a
boat's crew were dispatched to inspect
the boat as it lay far astern: I feltquite
unequal to going myself, so agitated
was -I,- but I had presence of mind
enough to order some brandy and nour
ishment suitable to the sick and famish
gd be brought upon, deck. I felt as
assured that my visitor was there as if I
had seen him in the boat; but whether
alive or dead I dared not to speculate.
Twice I had been summoned, and twice
I bad neglected the summons.. On the
third occasion my spectre visitor had
sunk, to all appearance, lifeless on the
floor of my cabin. Was he - dead, or
was he only in a death-like swoon ? . I
thought over the wonderful incidents
which had caused me to find the boat.
The wind had died away when I had
neglected to -obey the first summons,
nor did it return until after I had re
ceived this third call. Had it not again
died away when it did, I should have
passed the boat so far in the fog as not
to be able to see it when the fog lifted.
As it was, we were very nearly out of
sight when the horizon became ettar.
Half an hour's more wind and the mys
tery would never have been revealed.
Scarce could I restrain my hnpatitnce.
flowever, there was no help for it. I
must wait until the gig returned. Af
ter hours of suspense I at last beheld
the gig approaching slowly with the
other boat in tow. Unable to endure
the terrible suspense I went down into
the cabin. Soon I heard the gig touch
the ship's side and the mate giving
orders to loWer away the chair from the
yard-arm. Then, I thought, they had
found him ;. but he must be too feeble to
climb up the ship's side. A few mo
ments, and I heard approaching foot
steps, and down the stairs - thus brought,
with the assistance of some of the crew,
my visitor for the fourth time ; but now
really and truly in the flesh. He was
supported in the arms of the mate, but
he held on to the hand-rail just as I had
seen him in the three visits. His left,
arm hung loosely at his side, and was
bandaged up just as I had observed ou
the three occasions of the spectre's vis
its.
We gave him proper refreshmaut and
put him to bed. He gradually revived,
and in a few days was able to tell us
his story. He had been captain of a
large vessel trading In thePaclfle. The
crew had mutinied, and had cast him
adrift in the open boat, with nothing to
eat but a few biscuit, which were thrown
into the boat in derision by one of the
Mutineers. When these were eaten he
had tried to eke out life by eating his
shoes, and with water wrung from his
clothes after rain and heavy dews he
had quenched in a manner his thirst.
When found by the mate he lay exten
ded in the Bottom of the boat in a death
like swoon and owed his recovery, per
haps, chiefly to the brandy which I had
sent in the gig. In a few days more we
assisted him on deck. Caspar no soon
er saw him than he flew at him, and
but for my interference would have
torn him to pieces. During the rest of
the voyage we were obliged to keep the
dog chained up. As soon as we per
ceived the boat the Dolphin had been
put upon her former course, and now,
with a fair wind, we again sped merrily
on.
I now felt satisfied that omens and
signs were sometimes vouchafed mortal
men for certain grave reasons, and,
though not superstitions, I still believe
that they are more frequent than is
usually supposed. As we neared the
port for which we were bound Captain
Williams (for such was the name of my
visitor) was one day sitting with me in
the cabin, when lie asked to see the
chart, as he wished to pick out the spot
where I had found - him. I gave hitti
an entirely new chart, and he busied
himself sharpening a pencil with which
to mark the place where he had so near
ly lost his life. Suddenly I heard an
exclamation from him, which he fol
lowed up by saying "My dear—,lam
very sorry ; but I have cut my finger,
and have dropped some blood on your
new chart, and I see that I have soiled
the very spot which I was going to point
out as that whereabouts you found me.
But," he added, iu a light laugh, "that
will do instead to mark the place." I
have the two charts now, both of them
exactly alike ; one done by Captain
Williams in the flesh accidentally ; the
other liy.--Reader, can you tell whom?
Original Storg,.
[For the Agitator.]
A SHORT STORY, WHICH IS 110
ROMANCE
12EEIE
In reading of the Minnesota massa
cres, who does not breathe a heartfelt
sigh of relief at the storm of the 13th—
the rain storm,- that saved beyond all
doubt, more than live hundred men,
women and children, from fearful tor
ture and death? For the little garrison
of forty-one souls was sore pressed, and
outnumbered more than ten to one, the
Fort, a frail, badly constructed thing at
best, was beset by a force sufficient to
take it at one well directed charge, and
the Indians were using the most strenu
ous efforts to fire the works by burning
arrows; this rendered it necessary for
the garrison to expose themselves in ex
tinguishing the fire, and they were con
sequently being rapidly extingushed
themselves, when the . welcome clouds
brought opportune reinforcements in
the shape of a heavy shower. The
storm was a fierce one, accompanied
with the most vivid lightning in rapidly
succeeding flashes, while the rain spread
itself over the prairie in a sheet of mist
and spray. Indians are bad warriors in
a rain storm. In the words of the wri
ter before quoted, " With a yell of dis
appointment and defiance the Indians
hastily scampered to the woods, where,
sheltered behind trees, they wrapped
their blankets around their guns and
strove to keep their locks and powder
dry." Irwas the salvation of all within
the Fort: just at night the storm subsi
ded and they renewed the attack, but
in a weak, ineffective manner., they
were thorough ly dampened, morally and
physically. The respite was most dili
gently. employed by those within, in
strengthening the defences and cover
ing the roofs with earth for protection
against fire, so that when the foe qafter
ward tried to fire the buildings by burn
ing arrows, they fell harmless. Many
a wounded sufferer,—more than one
mother with her little ones, wading
'through wet grass, marshes and tangled
thickets, escaped while the Indians were
cowering from the storm. Some of these
escapes were remarkable enough to tax
credulity to the utmost were they not
authenticated beyond the shadow of a
doubt. Among the most remarkable
we might reckon the case of Narcis Geo
vian, who, with two bullet holes through
his breast, swam the river under a storm
of musket balls, crawled off in the long
grass, skulked ill the woods for four
days without food, aid yet lived to es
cape and recover from•his wounds.
- The almost miraculous esesipe of Doc
tor Williamson and hisarty is still
fresh in the public mind, ale, the case
of Henry Balland, the interpeter, while
it is well known that several who were
scalped and left for dead escaped, and
eventually recovered ; and among the
latter—as is well known at New Ulm—
was our quandom schoolmaster, Jacob
Kohler.
Stunned by an ounce ball that laid
the skull bare, he had been hastily
scalped and left for dead. But scalping
is by no means a fatal operation, if per
formed without the preliminary cour
tesy of tomahawking, and Jacob awoke
to a sense of semi-consciousness just
when the storm was at its bight. Sick,
faint, and wounded near to death, he
struggled to a sitting posture and tried, •
with numbed senses and reeling brain,
to take in the situation : slowly and
painfully the deadened senses seized on
and connected the events of the last few
hours, but it all seemed so long ago—
even the body of the murdered woman,
bleached to the whiteness of Parian
marble by the rain—excited little emo
tion ; he gazed on it with a sort of stu
por, half pitying, half wondering, never
doubting that it was the body of his
own wife.
He turned his dim eyes towards the
place where the infant bad agonized its
little life away in torment, but the
charred logs had fallen and burled the
fearful spectacle from view, and then,
for the first time, he thought of his
other boy—the brave, sunny-eyed little
fellow who had been his plaything,
playmate, and companion by turns for
four years—aye, where was he ? And at
the thought, the sluggish blood started
to fresh action, the mind began to quick
en, and he strove to gain his feet.—
Weakly, with tottering steps like oue
but just risen from a sick bed, he stag
gered to the opposite side of the smoul
dering ruin that had once been his
home, seeking with anxious dread for
the body of his missing boy, but he
sought in vain ; if the body were any
where about the house it must be under
the fallen logs which were seething and
simmering in the fiercely driven rain,
and what chance would a child of four
years stand when the mother had been
unable to escape? So thought Jacob
Kohler, as he sank on the wet ground
again, moaning and weeping in utter
desolatioti of soul. But the freshly
sprung hope had acted as a tonic on
NO. 11.
mind and bbdy, and his acts soon re
verted to the possibility of escaping
himself; he put his hand to his aching
head—gingerly., for it was a tender sub-.
Ject—and found a fearful gash along the
side above the ear, while the crown was
utterly raw, and sore as a boil. Wily,
he had been scalped ! And then the
dread of Indians—a fear that I believe
is akin to no other—came over him, he
rose to his feet with somethinglike alac
rity, and began to reckon the chances of
escape. Luckily enough, the horse he
had ridden in the morning had eluded
the Indians and now stood with droop
ing head and loose bridle, patiently
waiting with his nose at the stable door.
To catch the spiritless, Jaded animal
was an easy task; to mount him was
more difticult, but it was accomplished,
and Jacob, weak, reeling in the saddle,
in the saddle, steadying himself by the
mane with the rain beating on his un
protected head, took the road to New
I.llm with such speed as he might. To
reach the village, tell his tale of horror,
and die among friends was all he hoped,
but none the less did he fear to fall again
into the hands of the Dacotahs. A man
may be very tired of life, very willing
to resign it, but not the less will he run
from hostile Indians like a frightened
hare.
The storm had passed off to the east
ward and the sun was setting as Jacob
entered the shade of the " big woods"
by the New Ulm stied, every rod of
which was familiar to him, and which
he had been in the habit of travel
ing both day and night. Drenched to
the skin, the cool evening breeze seemed
chilling the very marrow in his bones
as he rode slowly along the miry raid
with the boom of the howitzers sweep
ing through the forest at short inter
vals; for the Indians emerged from
their skulking places as the storm ceas
ed, and the fight was going on again ut
the fort above. Darkness settled down
on the forest, the night air grew more
chilly, and still Jacob with dogged reso
lution rode on, but no longer cold anti
languid ; physically a great change hat
come over him : he sate erect in the sad
dle,
with something like the vigorof
morning, flashes of heat seemed darting
along the veins and arteries that were
congealing an hour before, hot darting
pains shot along the limbs, spine, mid
head, while the lips and tongue were
parching with thirst. Jacob Holder
was an educated man, somewhat versed
in physical science, and he knew that
this meant fever—brain fever - probably,
with its concomitants, delirium and
frenzied madness—if he could but teach
the roof of John Schultz ere reason went
off into space—and he urged the weary
beast to the utmost with voice and rein.
In New Ulm was confusion worse con
founded on that eventful night. Few
went to bed, many spent the_ night in
hasty preparations for flight ; fugitives,
some of them wounded—were arriving
every hour, each one with a fearful tale
to swell the aggregate of horror. Men
gathered at the stores to talk over the
affair, some with pale lips advising has
ty Sigh, others affecting to believe that
the danger was trifling, that the ti,.,,p33
would soon put down the outbreak ;
others still insisting on buildinetr-2"tock
ade large enough to hold and protect all
that would be likely to need protection,
arguing Justly that such a work could
be held by fifty men against ten times
that number of Indians : Many were
in favor of barricading the doors and
windows of some brick stores which
stood on main street near the river, and
removing the women and' children, con
tending that the stores could be held
against any foe likely to appear. The
basement of oue of these stores was oc
cupied as a sort of saloon and grocery
combined; it was a large, well lighted
room, and here a large party was gath
ered late at night, eagerly discussinc
the momentous questions of defence and
safety, the debate being kept in an ex
cited state by thafrequent arrival of fu
gitives, who, seeing a bright light and
hearing many voices, naturally made
for the saloon on the axiom that there
is safety in numbers. Among those 3:01-
lected in the saloon were Old Schultz.
his son, and the two half-breeds, the lat
ter quiet antaciturn, offering no opin
ions, but, on their advice being asked,
emphatically favoring the stockade ; it
was evident that they did not like the
turn affairs ere taking. The discus
sion grew warm, the smoke from a
score of meerschaums rose dense and
blue, the consumption of lager was
enormous, and the opinions offered al
most as numerous as the speakers, v. bee
the door was opened violently, and a
figure appeared on the scene that struck
every one silent with amazement. Hag
gard, pale, his hair and beard matted
and stiffened with blood, clothes soiled
and torn, his-wounds bleeding afresh,
his eyes glaring with the glassy stare of
delirium, it was Jacob Kohler who en
tered, but so changed that even John
Schultz failed to recognize him. fie
raved incoherently of hiswifeand child,
declared the assembly a gang of cut
throat Sioux, and went in on his mus
cle with the factitious strength of free
zy, knoeking the meerschaums from the
lips of half a dozen astonished teutons,
and ended by a ferocious attempt to
scalp old Schultz with a paper knife; of
course he was seized by strong hands
and held quiet while the doctor—whose
services had been in rmisition mere
than once on that night—dressed his
wounds, and a neighbor went for Kath
erine Kohler. She came at once, but
Jacob was living in a land of myths and
shadows, and her face failed to elicit a
spark of reason or recognition. He was
taken to the house of John Schultz and
at once put under "the "water cure"
treatment, for the Kohlers as well as
the German doctor were disciples of
Preissnitz—and the quiet, loving, but
undemonstrative Gernstufwife took up
her wifely vigil with a faithfulness and
devotion only possible to a true woman
—only to be realized and understood by
those who have passed through a like
ordeal.
If there be on earth a sure rem- I
edy for the fevers and inflammations 1
which torture frail humanity to mad
ness, it is pure cold water wisely admin
istered,
by a fearless, skillful hand; for
awhile the wounded man raved incohe
rently about his murdered wife and
child, but slowly though surely the
cooling element beat down fever and
frenzy; before noon he was in a lethar- •
gic steep, and the doctor who had scarce
ly left his side ; gave hcipe of his ulti
mate recovery. In the meantime the
two half breeds had ,quietly prospected
the defenses of New Elm and they ur
gently advised a general removal to an.i
fortification of the brick warehouses
before mentioned, declaring them the
only tenable buildings iu case of an at
tack. A stockade would be better, but
parties of Indians were already lurking
in the timber near the village. and a
stockade cannot be built without ;
so, as none eared to risk their scalp, in
the pursuit of logs under diflicultie:,
the strongest of the brick buildings n as
hastily strengthened, a room in the
back part of the building, tolerably .afe
from stray bullets, was prepared for the
sick Man, and there the entire hou4e.
hold of John Schultz took refuge, Ja
cob Kohler being carried to his new
quarters in a comatose state, attended
by the faithful wife. Such of the villa
gers as chose to take their chances in
the warehouse joined the party, bring
ing such arms and ammunition as they
had or could procure, so that before sun
down of the 19th, one building at least
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respectable defence against a desultory
attack by Indians.
Throughout the day fugitives and
stragglers bad been arriving, each with
his or her individual tale of horror, and
one of these was the German girl who
had escaped from the house of Frank
Ullman on the afternoon of the 18th.
The poor girl was half dead with fatigue
and terror, her wet garments were hang
ing about her in shreds, and she was
lacerating and bleeding from the thorny
thickets through which she had passed
but her story was correct in the main,
and contained the first definite informa
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man's tonally: also it gave Katherine
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dered wife and child ; she shuddered at
the probable fate of Margaret Ullman
and her bright little boy—shuddered
and resolved that coma what might she
would never go back to a home where
such heartrending scenes had been en
acted. The rumors that reached . New
Elm during the 19th and 20th of Au
gust were enough to drive a sane man
out of his wits ; one of the most com
mon of these was the report that Fort
Ridgely had fallen, which was repeated
every two hours and as often contradict—
ed by the more reliable renort of the big
gulls, plainly audible at the village ; so
long as they coot cued to send their
thunder booming down the valley the
fort was safe : Indians do not use or like,
" big guns." It was knows however,
that the fort was reduced to extremity,'
that it was crowded with - helpless wo
men and children in a starving condi
tion, and garrisoned by less than fifty
men while the besiegers numbered at
least five hundred. It was known too
that no reinforcements had gone up,
and rumor said that the ammunition at
the fort was nearly exhausted; if the
fort was taken—and it seemed at least
probable—what would be the fate of
New Elm?
For three days and nights Jacob Koh
ler had alternated between lethargic
sleep and wakeful delirium ; and du
ring that time his wire had never left
his bedside for half an hour at a time :
very calm, very quiet, but very faith
ful had been her ministrations; to a
stranger she might even have appeared
apathetic ; but there was a strong un
dercurrent of untiring, womanly love,
the self-reliant, unswerving affection
that suffers all things, to the end. ft
was night., the night of the 21st. The
doctor wino had taken a strange inter
est in the case, sat with his finger on the
sick man's pulse, and Katharine sate by
his side bathing the wounded head
from time to time, oh, so gently. The
doctor uas an old campaigner and an
older surgeon ; he had served under
Napoleon, had seen and dressed almost
every conceivable wound that can be
inflicted in modern warfare, and was
the author of a rather tiresome work on
" Gunshot wounds ;" but a scalped pa
tient was a runt-m.l.3—a case not laid
din it in the books. His sympathies,
if lie had nor for his patients—were
.-311,11 as a skillful artificer might feel in
repairing a complicated and valuable
piece of machinery for two hours lie
sate placidly.timlng the pulse of his pa
tient, then putting the hand In an easy
position. he rose and said calmly :
" Madam, when your husband wakes
he u ill probably know you: do not ex
cite him •, tell him the face he will
most wish to know in a pleasant, natu
ral tone, show him the children, and
let him rest ; much depends on quiet s ."
And Katharine, who had watched tLiso'
all the long ulsry hours with a fever
ish anxiety tHWt no man's heart may
fathom, grew pale mid reel by turns as
dhe listened with clasped hands; but
-he only said. " I am so glad—so thank=
ful the good and be praised!' When
Jacob next opened his eyes there was
much bewilderment, much of wander,
bit , 1:0 insanity in them 7 and Kather
ine, who had watched his face for
hours, leaned gently over him telling
bin. calmly of the welfare of herself
and the children, of the safety of all
nio , t dear to him, of his own condition
and the necessity for keeping quiet,
and then the children were called in;
when their cool rosy lips pressed his
pallid cheek, one after the other, and
he felt that it was no feverish dream
but blessed reality. Jacob Kohler
wa- a happier man than he had ever
been in i-ealth and prosperity ; and if
his recovery did not date from that
hour, it was not the fault of his wife,
or the imperturbable old German dootor.
(To be Continued.)
Gorre,qon'nuft.
LETTER FROM COLORAD,Or-
DENVER. C. T., Jan. 31, 1867
FRIE::I3 Conn : Our young territory
wilt coon become a State, and as a great
er inteiest will then be taken to learn
Something of its history, its advantages
and disadvantages as a mining and agri
cultural region, I will jot down a few of
its leading featdres, believing they may
be of interest to your readers.
The territory was formed from those
of Utah, Nebraska, and New Mexico,
in htil, and contains 106,476 square
•miles, or nearly three dines the area of
the State of New York, and possesses a
climate so variedthat the emigrant} can
choose fora home one of temperate
h eat,
or one of perpetual winter.
Colorado has had its share of the
troubles through which all localities
must pass when first settled, and at
times was in danger of being overpow
ered by them. But now these difficul
ties are removed, and nothing will pre
vent its rapid growth in wealth and
population equal to that of many of the
older States.
The tlrst settlement was made eight
year, ago by an adventurous band of
gold seeizers whose report of the im
mense amouot of gold found in the beds
of n] min tai /1 streams soon brought thou
sands of men to this new El Dorado,
but who, though often returning disap
pointed, did not prevent others from
eagerly rushing to try and find the for
tunes-which they believed only - await
ed their coming to secure. The fact
that thcountry sought was far from
any nu -igable river, was many hun
dred nal ea from 3Uppl les, and was reach
ei
ed onitiby traversing a region inhabit
ed by ' hostile Indiana, ever ready to
take their scalps, did not deter many'
from bracing all dangers ; with these,
and many other obstacles to contend ,
with the first settlement was begun.
The gulch and placer mining was
soon) exhausted, and the country was
about to be abandoned to the Indians
and wild beasts, when veins of gold
bearing quartz ware discovered near
the present site of Central City. Their
development proved them to be of great
extent and richness, and soon several
quartz mills wets being* erected by par
ties from the east, and who now own
nearly all the mining property in the
mountains. Several millions of dollars
are, in this way invested, but as a gene
ral'thing the capital thus employed leas
not yield ti a large dividend, partly be
cause of the large expense to be met
with In transporting the heavy machis,
; new Min destination, and partly owing
to the want of practical knowledge on
the part of the agents who are often
• sent from the east to superintend the
%forking of the mines. But these Wel
-1 cultiea are gradually being overcome,
1 and with the imptoved maolsinary
Ca. c. VAN ULM