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•:. Sivaros
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on... Business Cards inserted at the sate or One Dol
lar a line per year; but none for lean mirk than $5,00,
apticen, Fifteen Cents per line; Editorial
or Local NOW!), Twenty Cente per line. . •
BUSINESS DIRECTORY;
w. D.ACERBEL.I. & CO., •
WHOLESALE.. DRUGGISTS, an t i.] dealers in
Wall Paper, Kerosene Lamps, Window Glass,
Perfumery, Paints and Oils, ke.; tie.
Gorning,;N. Y.,, Jan. .
WILLIAM R.
ATTORNEY AND CuUNSELOR AT LAW
- InmanOo, Bounty and Ponsion.Agenay, 'Main
',Street Weltsbnto, Pa., Jan. 1, 1 S"
F. WlLsoit. J. B
t
WILSON 1t NILES,
ATTORNEYS d; COUNSELORS )AT LAW,
(First door from Bigoney's, on the. Avenuoy-2
Will attend to business entrusted to their care
in the c ounties of Tioga and - Potter.
Wollaboro, Jan. 1, 1866.
D.` ANGELL & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS of, and Whidesnle and Ito
tail Dealor in Doore, SnBb, and Minds. All , o
Planing Sind Titrning done to o+r.
Knoxville, Tioga. Co., Pa., Jan. 16. 1667-1 y..:
GEORGE. WAGNER,
TP.IVR. Shop first door north of L. A. Seam's
shoe Shop. r-Caning, Fitting, and Ropair
ing dono promptly anti
Wellshoro, Pa., Jan. 1,1806.—1 y.
JOIIN 0. SIIATISPEARE,
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over John R.
Rowan's Store. , Cutting, Fitting, and
Repairing done promptly- and in - -best style. -
Wellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1,1868-1 y
VJIVI, GAURE'tSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Notsry Public and. Insurance :Agent, Bless.
burg, Pa., over Caldwell's Store.
JOHN L MITCHELL
TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
A...We Tioga Co., Pa.
Claim Agent, Notary Public, and Insurance
Agent. lie will attend promptly to collection of
Pension», Book Pay and Bounty. As Notary
Pohke ho takes noknovi4edgoinents of deeds, ad
roini,.ters orths, and Mill act as Commissioner to
take testimony. jar Offictl over Roy's Drug Store,
&Opining Agitator Office.—Oct. 30. 1387 ,
• 'WALTON
Gainos, Tioga County, Pa.
VERNIILYEA t REXFORD, Pnoia's. This is
it new hotel located within easy access of the
tishing l and hunting grounds in North
,;ra Pannevlvanla. No pains will be spared
1%, ow rtcoornmoa.t4.. , r Rdooooro olsokwro arid
the traveling public. pan. 1,18811.1
.PETROLEUM HOUSE,
WESTFIELD, PA., GEORGE CLOSE, Prop ' ri-
Qta. A new hotel conducted on the principle
live and lot live, for the accommodation of
tho public.—Nov. 11, 18t3G.-Iy.
GEO. W. RYON,
ATTORNEYS COUNSELOR AT LOW, Law
renceville, Tiuga Co., Pa. Bounty, Pension,
.Led Insurance Agent. Collections promptly
attended to, Office 211 door below Ford Ilouso.
Dar. 12, lSfiG-Iy
R, E. OLNEY,
DEALER in CLOCKS k JEWELRY, SILVER
t PLATED W4RE, Sptetael , as, 'Violin Sting;,
,le , Man : Held, Pa. Watdiott and .1e.,.v
-e4y neatly repaired. Engravingidone in plain
Laghill and Gorman. ideopto7-Iy.
VARIVS HOTEL;
1 6 T 1 Op 1C 0 U -1%7 T• 1: ;PA ~
410O(1 etablini, attacked, and an attentive bos
ir always in attendance. •
E. ti. FART . . . . Proprietor.
ilmin over 'Willcox Ilarkor's Store. 1W cll.-
, PA. Pa,rl;coutnr r.g.te.ra;c.r, piaci t., Ladies'
;1 tti ng, Shampooing, Dyeing, etc. Braids,
I;,,•air4, and siviches on hand and Millie to or-
li. IV. DORSIEY
BACON, M. D., la te of the tid pi, Cavalry. after
loar.ly Intik years of 4111.1/3' SOT 'lieu Irith a largo
in held and hoapital praellea.l;a opened au
f . ,•• 101 the practice of raw - Whitt and stuff's, In all
males. Persone from n di.tance can find good
at the Penne:o%lmila Hotel when
ct,it any part of the Slate in co»anitittion, or to
nu -mgiral operation 9. No 1, Union flock, up
Welltharo. Pn., 3lay2, 1866.7-Iy.
EWY PIGTURE GALLERY.—
eRANK SPENCER
• the pleasure to inform the citizens of Tioga
mty that ho has Completed his. t
NEW PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
.11, on hand to'talco.all kinds of Sun Pictures,
•', 1. r nilirotypc s, Ferrotypes, Vignettes, Cartes
•llsit lie Surprise and Eureka Pieturosl also
ecru: ttentio s t 'paid' to copying find eniarg
-; l'icfafes. Instructions given in the Art on
terms. I Einaira St., Mansfield, Oct. 1,
• 1-
-
VTT EN TI ON -SOLDIERS.
\V" 13.
(1131s1:TilIi0,01nienoudxv1lo,
Agent,
A C t o t
o u r n n t e y,.
••IThere ' their friends thronghout all th 3 o
• , :atcs,) will prosecute and collo" t with un
:lnocooe,
SOLDIERS' CLAIMS' AND DUES
truitis. Also, auy other kind of ()lain)
the Government before any of the De
•:men ts gqrin Congress. Terms moderate, All
:man iertilons sent to tho above address will re.
• re prompt attention. • Jan. 17,18136.
U. S. CLAIM AGENCY,
For the Collection of
Army and Navy Claims - and Pensions.l
pir. NEW BOUNTY LAW, passed July 25,151:6, gi es
tro and three pee ' r's' Soldiers extra bounty. tend
.I;si discharges.
OFFICERS' EXTRA PAY.
I :fte tuontbs' extra pay pi oper.to volunteer Wheel's
' , et° in SCTNICO March 3, ISO.
PENSIONS INCREASED
v lost a limb and who have been pt.] ma
hz,lt,tally disabled. .
Ail elbst tb , rtrntitent claims prosecuted.
JE110.11Ii: B. NILES.
.relbl , ezo, October 10,1813G-tf
E. SMITE,
SURGEON.
ji'LhA IES successfully for Cataract, stra.
P Limns, (oross eye) Removal of Tumors,
e hip, Varicose Veins, Clubireet,
.uticulor attention, paid to diseases of the Eyo
eneral Surgery. ,
.atultation at °lkea frco.
l'rerences given to operations recently per
am hours from 12: M. to 3 P.
at his roeidenco, Mandold, Tioga County,
I I aroh 27, 180-1y. 4
NORM A IT,
F.ST for the ,Ne oual,Sertes of Sianklard School
I ber.lts; publlalted by A/ B.llarnen k Co.lll Ac 11S
i. cornet of John Street, N, Y., keeps constantly
- I, Lpply. All ordeal promptly fillc4. Cull on'ot
, .:os by mall. ' N. STRAIT.
Jnno 10, 1867-I‘..
C. .B. KELLY,
GENT for MARI4N CO'S FIRE AND
EITP,OLAR PROOF SAFES. •
r t,l,boro, ,Soptember 25, 1887.
. G. PuTNAD7,
I
iILL WRIGJIT—Agent fur nil the beat
'FURL: NE WATER WiIEE'L.S. Also
'"" 1 e;': , Oscillating Morbruant for thing anti
• zu, Pa., Au g. 7, It 7,
Bounty and Pension Agency.
INik received dkfitlito instructicont In regard to
tL.” Aunt bonuty }allowed by 11)0 act approved
Iced, sad haring on hand a large glipply of all
01.1n1c4,1. am prepared to prosecute all ppn
',A L 'Linty clabes which may be placed In 'my
P , .rrons living at a distance can communicate
letter. and their communications will be
Ily alo.wrled. . _ 15'111. 11. 8311T11.
MG
,
BROOK COAL.--The undersigned
:" 4. vng make . arrangements to furnish Coal
7 4 TON or CAR LOAD, coarse or fine, solic.
~,palronage of tho public.
ALs3o—has constantly on hand, a large stokk
'-‘RRIAGE BOLTS, &c.,at wholesale and
:Or BLACKSJIITIIIsTO of all kinds
It in tt,
". , Or:E . t manner. S. AL BEER.
Pie. 'Dec. I, 1866-tf.
111111111
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Eral
64.001
40.00
yOL. X~T • k y ~ 1
•
BE' CCOTHED
J OSS PII .s•
INOLIAIII SONS,,two milegheast
of Knoxvite, 'Tioga Coulltyv pa., are-Tse
pared to manufacture %voil by the yard or.om
Orel', an may be.timoirea . . They wake •,.
FLANNELS, FULL CLOTHS, CASSI.:
MEItES, DOESKINS,
and can propkipe pa Oatl4 oenAmer% Theyal:iy
particular attention to
ROLL-CARDING & CLOTTLITESSING:
.
IN ILIS
Twenty yenrd experionee l jn !lie businesb
rants theta in expecting -a getioroni 'patronage.
No shodsly cloths made.
•
Deerfield,' June!lP 11,31171 .• - •
JOHN SUHR,
WOULD annoutfce to tho eitigo l ns 4, Wiollelio-
:: ro and surrounding ,nountry, that he i bad .
opouact a Shop on the aornor 4::?f. Watcr and, CrAi • -•
ton stales, for tho purposo of manufacturing all
kinds of •
• 4 ' „ V i ,
' . CABINET FURNITURE;
9
REPAIRING AND TURNING' DONE
• g .
.to order. (101 7 P.IFS oi-p.II kinds furniabodp
short notico. Alywork dope promptly and. vinr i ,
rantod. Wellsboro, Jane 27, 186 d
TI
Agent for the
E ITITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
THE UI\TI7'.ED*I STATES !
- Tulare your Lilo ut.a Houle Agoney. .1 .
Vi'ollalpro, April IT, 73ti7 tf.
3.. 13. reitruarcE.— •
,S r ule GEQ.N,
CHERRY FLATTS, TlOljAs.
OPERATES with Chloroform,•Etho>iun.t the
.-celehrated Spray Producer. •.:1
'Juno 19, 1867-6te. . ; • , •
ITION HOTEL.
MINER WA:l%lNS;'lPrtorntETor..
HAVING fitted uji a new hotel building on the rote
of the old Union Hotel, lately dentrayett• by tire,
I au, now ready to receive, and entertain guests, The
Union Hotel was intended for a Temperance House,
and the PropTletor believes it - c an be sustained witliont
grog. An attentive hostler in attendance. g, ' '
Woliahoro, .111110 26, 1867,
•
. TOWNSEND: , HOUSE, - =.":-.' ..
• WILLIAM -TO 11',V,S'END, PROPR IL' TOR.
HAYING ousel fora term of years the popular owl
wcll j: sown Hotel stand lately; occupied by .1.131.
Hazlett. I ari prepared to furnish the trovoling and
local publip.ivith the best accommodations to ho p,,,-
cured In tlial,country. A good hostler OW 11.)A it,: at
tendance. Teams furnished to.fishlag parties. • i
11 el IshorV Juno 26,1807:
. .
John W. GnorkisoV .
ATTOII,NEY AND COUNSELOn .vi. - LAW.
Having returned to this county with a view of
making it his permanent resitlen - eu, do lic i ts a
share of public filltroriageii ;All , ,l.iusiiless en
trusted to his care will be attended to with ,
.promptness and fidelity. Office 2,1 dour south
of E. S. Far 's hotel. , Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.
sept. 26.'p0.-te.
R. KIAIBiL I
GROCERY AND RESTAURANT,
W ETL f 4. -u• u, N ANT A
RVIS r CTF LIN announces
public that ho has a desirable -tool,
aeries, comprising, Teas, Coffees, .71/11 . 4• , .
Molasses, Syrups, and al that coniditutes
class t..i.ock ? C 4004131 every et•le .ill
sonalile twins.
Welislmro; Jan.:., IBo7—tf.
J. JOHNSON
THE PLACE TO BUV DRUGS.
AT t h e Lawrenceville Drug ;:t4,i e. heir i~•hl
will find eVery thing propin
the Drug Trade
CHEAP, CiTEAPER,4CII PESI
and of the best 'flaunty for Cu-11.
Oils, Varnishes, Lawps, Fane.v X . '6OllF.
Strings, Fishing Tacklo,.Windori fthit ,, ,
Cash paid for Flax Seed.
C. P. LINM\TA It 11
Lawrenceville, May 8, 1867.
. B.
. '3
. B. BOII.DEN - ''
'
• TIOGA, PA., . '
IIAt:; jest returned i t em the City wilt. .t I ti;f,c
and desirable stock or goods vonz•i:ting of
DRUUS AND ff , ilitANYS, •
Yankee Notions, of every deferipti , m; . tllii:al , itn,l
Plated-Ware; Wall Paper, l', Clot ,, ;lad Oil., Ityc
Stuffs, Scbool Books, Orem ii ~ :Ind linalty ai•ery
thing that is ever kept in .. • fling ,i,nit tli,tien
Store. I would also call tho ottoiß.n of the
public to our Stock of GE/LILI.Y /,.4 /PS la
; ne
q (
uilled in the wide world, ,mnd ASO hilt 111311
Agent for the '' Morton" bold Nu, an AO al
ways keep a largo assorttnsht.
toga, May 8, 18417-tf. IL B. BORDEN.
Glen's Falls Insurance Company,
GLEN'S FALLS, N. Y.
.„.
—9 —
'Capital and Surplus $373,637,66.
FARM RISKS, only, lakt : l4
No Premium Notes reon"'mVl - ,
It is LIBERAL. It p,ey &linage., by Light
ning, whether Fire (2.11: , (11,!, 4,1 rat.
It pays for live steel. tilled 1 , AI : 4;11116;1g, in
barns or in the field. *
Its rates are lower than ~ther Companies nr .
equal responsibility. I t' 1111t13, Agent,
Farmington Centre, Tin , . ! ;i Co. Pa.
May 29, ISf.7-1y:- • -ft
J., IL RAN ).-1
SURGICAL ND ECIIA NIO _AL
DENTiST.
OFFICE ut tia re , hlet.ce ‘.ll Ateet,
Tiogn, wlfore he may he tt,tind fr..nt the Itd
until the 12th, and ti, , tn (Ink p.hit until 11. 0 25 1 1,
'of each- month. h, tit Itlittftlitirg 01 the
United States lintel, tt..tn the 13th until the ISth,
and in Lawrenceville at She•Still'A Ilcdnlrtroul
the 26th until the hot .lay ent.it month.
All oporationr comierled 1/01tfil .pro
feesion, whetiltr Lieehanirhil win fp-
VO especial nitwit .u.
Having an improve 1 liyui l and apparatus for
benumbing the gum,. ho ticup.i red tit extract
teeth lvithout pain, :!e.i nt .e 111.11iI/Lr harmless to
the patient, yet ID. •tutiehtctioo, drowi:iflovh of
nausea, follows the , Iperattim Ether or Chloro
form will ho tidmini-toted tf adris,ll,lo whet, tie
-sit ed.
Artificial Teeth r.t i .); 1,J;1 2 P! tbei
/host rubetantial awl itiner.
Call and :co specilii. morl;:thicaldentistry.
Tioga, Ph.. Airly I,' 1 . -67.
_
_ _ _
HARDWARE, I EON. STEEL NAILS,
BELTING, NittN, CUTI,ERV,
W AT 1 , , U.'LIME,
raculat: it AE. TNT PLENI
Carringo and riarness Trimmings,
lIARNBSF ..11)111,E,-;. 1
cariiiiq:, Y,.1 vn 1 , {); v
Musick!, iNsTr: VA/ ENTkz.--.1. B. Stinks
pear, dealer in Decker A. Brother and
Haines A: Brother,. pianot.. Mathn A:1101111in cab—
inet ergone, Trout, Laroey S Ce.,metodeen3,etid
the B. Shoningar_Theimie'rlilP, - Ith"ni• o r ". J.
Bowen's stare. ce l,i 12. 1 , ;n6.
CASH PAID P. 911 IrLITTEII AT
WRIGHT ch BAILEY'S.
- , ,
=I
MEI
HUGII YOUNG,
IRE
Ono door stlio've the Afee:C,lNTlArket.
IiTALKEn I & LaTzißep. _
8111131111E1
STOVES, TI •I VA 11L
1 v.) ?',l, 4. ,'.t;. J. ~.,&5:—..., . _
11 ' I E I 1
17 7 4 • 5 r .1.••• •
W.ELLSBORO PA
1,.,i
Grocery and Provision §tore,
CORNING, N. Y 1
IM=Sil
MB
C 2) X).
lii •
4 9 V; 6 • •
OLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
I VT in nil kinds of
GROCERIES,PROVISIONS,
Wines, Liquors and
Cigars ' , •
r t 1
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC; GREEN &
DRIED FRUITS,' 5
CANNED ;FR U 1 A.IV).)
EGET4.III,.EO •
WOOD &. WILLOW WARE, GLASS
, . CROCKERY WARE,
CTITLDREN'S CARRIAGES, CABS &
PERAMBULATORS, TOYS, &‘: , Sce
(all and complete assortment of Ow above
inetitioned goods of aye
. best Ai:tal l y always on
hui 1.
"Particular attention paid to Fine Groceries.
Dealers and Consumers Will rind it' to .their
rp
terest to oxatnine his Stock before buying.' •
Corning V. Y., March 27, 1887.
. .
SAYINGS BA K.
,OTHEA' WISE
It LINER' S
GROCERY AND PR3VISEON STORE
THE I
O LP•
saying that 9, penny saved is a -penny
earned, justifies C3A7IDNEB. in naming his
egtahlishmeot a savings Bank., . Eeoninny is
Wealth; said some old chap whose name I have
forgotten; and it economy to trade where the
SLAUGHTER , . ,
of high pt ices is being,proseented . with vigrq and
without cprieve. I earn sell Sugars, 'Peas, Mo.
lassee, hi, h, Pork, Flour f , Corn Meal, Coffees,
Canned Fruits, Spices, nnti. - iterything intended
for fatuity 1150, giving - tht!'huyer the hence •-
1 - 1 E
niarkete, luny appro
eint . odlq evoxybody,exerfitingpnly thos,o verAipt
TNNOOI
,•--:
who'prefer Pit omi,s7,lll•TO *PA r-,eptiV 'hun
dred per rent prolitfl to 'the reller to ,PAYIII 7 O
meaty lieu per eufft. eat-It do:l4'l4y'' „f the
good-. luh offer my
Mork-of goods aft fair
price,
EVEHY MONDAY.
EVERY TUESDAY,
EVERY 'WEDNESDAY,
EVER1"11111 IiSDAY; -
EVERY FRIDAY;
ANrr
EVERY 'SATURDAY,
111111 fill 1111 ua lak , as I bell out. : . •
• L. A. 6ARDNER.;
Veil Aunt) 12, 1§.67.. •
NEW T)1 GOODS' STORE.
TOLES :&. 'oAll.lalt,'
(N 4; UNIViy ISLOCK.r,
WE have jurt received talc uper,.ucul very
large stack eF '
DRY GOODS,
OtIC;i1
EEV NG SHIRTING'S, PRINTS,
(mums, cAssimßßEs,. vEsT
, INGS. READY MADE CLO
THING, ILA CS' fi. CA PS
BOOTS AND, !SLIDES, ,
nla
,n
laige and . well ealectod stuck ul,'
OROCKE Y, • - HARDW ARE,'Virt3r,ODEN
WARE, STONE • ' WARE, KE RO;
SE NE OtL, , PAINTS
SW; A RS, TEAS, COFFEES,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES, ,
ETC,. DTC., F.TC.
We ere :able t , ofer otit. , ,eustomerslthe benefit,
of the
LAST DECLINE Or PRICES
in OW Now York Markt:t,•our Stock havingteon
purchased 'since the great. decline in Goods.- •
IVellsboro, Jul}
- • •
. .. A.:B. EAS
-4 2 A7X 4 .5U RO ' MECHLIN - ICA L
'< • 144 •1• I O a* „.! • .• • •
DENTIk'S . T. -•'
Ts pertnanemtly'finbated Wellsboro, Office
over .1. R. Bosven's Strire;ivhere he is pre=
pared to execute all work peritilningtoliiepro
feecion with prompteeielmtlin ii . eaperior wan
ner.
'.' 2 theth exirtteted without pain by tbo use of
lately improved Spray-Producer. —Chloroform
and Ether administered when desired. All tyork
warranted. Bnticlaetien-guaranteed or no char
ee. '4llly 308137.
'HARKNESS & RILEY,:.
,
• '
BOOT )•A - NO . SHOE,MAKERS:
i
Orer {1 Iltioi (1-` ,. Vien r«lkeilburiee Sibre;esi•the
r.,i.rti lately-occupied by , Benj. &dry.- •• • • •
.
Koo'o AND SHOE§ of all kinds niade to
p, orde'r ant Lia the best mapper.
EPAIRING,_,Of Salt
. kiago done promptly and
good.. (live. iii f l SHill;,• , -: '' v - •
JOHN HARKNEI3S,‘ ,
, • -:-. ,
.lei. RILEY. ' •
Welbiburo, Jan. 2,1867- ly. ,
MEE
IMIIM
TOLES 4 BARKER.
' Pretrg.
TEAILA INCOGNITA
A littlo song Las einno'to nit!: .
A strain of sadness from over tha vva
And pienyits musio and ,rtirn it well,
Thougliitheletirt that frame'd it' I cannot tell
A little pietti4.e 'cot - a l es tti
A ilr,sli pl, hrighttess (rum ever the sea; '
There are clasping hands and a holy face— .
But the atone' or the'ittist who ear, trace?
, t.
So I,lrfaiiiiyllicii,comes.tt) WO,
Miley° in Mond 'across true Red, • •
;Where'my'vagnese fanCies Stand supreme,
In a.grand Perfection beYond, niy dream
0, hind 1 ikni ticri t S iti their fildnO,
Shot! fotinlois lyrics to :atop" bo grown;
In tlyit'idltiteptotty ritieth truo,
And the thoughts of beauty fire ovot• now.
o,land'unkno'wn where all is best,
In ihet; is my aspiration blest._.
For, I toil and tarry until I way,
'brOlien aenignees
Nti,qttlinitttius
A GOOD STORY.
A SIXOULAR AFFAIR
• I
~ .
It is now more than thirty'years (say;
a traveler) sineed met with a very sin
gular adventure in. the northern part 0 i
Alcwico: , T had left Chihuahua for th
Rio, Grande, haVink some Indiati'dri
vets and a A exican guide. Near the
close of the see lid day,- Just as we'lial
fixed upon ou •camp, in a pleasan
grove, near a rt lining strcani, a party()
armed men; si in number; Suddenl
made their app lranee, coming from
know not. when s as I did not perceiv
them until the yew) close up n, ate.
"They Were all ' , allydrest in ho iline
'ful costume of tli country, an five of
them carried ear Anes, which they lev4'
elect at me as with the intention of
shooting, ice nowt at once.
' Do you surren , er senor?" demand
ed the sixth-2-the leader ofethe pasrtyJ
who was armedlyi h a brace of lusted.
and a stiletto.'
"Have' I any choke ?" said T.
- ,'lP.Death PI
'nen, of course, I surrender." ~ „
•-(el`hrow down your arms, then, an
permit yourself to be blindfolded a
once." - .
.
' l *MaY I ask what you intend to d
with me, senor,i7 said I, aPi I obeye
War order.
',-`ll.7ou•may ask, .but I shall not
• tel
you."
. .
.
" ' 4 of course ; 1 ., Inn in your 'bands an
at Your mercy ; n I never harmed jot
or yours, I shall 'venture to hope yQ
will not treat me harshly." ` rejoined
He did not reply to this,
.but made I
sigt4 to his men ,: who 'ad vanced, 'gath e
'ednp weapons, and fixed a Ugh
bandage over my eyes. Two of then
took each an arm, and I was led away
between them.
To the best of my judgment, W l e walk
ed about half a mile,.• not a word belu.
yin
spoken . . Then We began to descend
some steps and by the rooler,Dtn/glpo
subterranean .place, pe . rhaps ' a sate:
We \vent down liar a Comparatively lon
distance and then through what seeme
to be a narrow passage, with sharp turn,
.—now to the right, and now to the left
Then we went up a few steps, anstdowi
'twice as many, and soon - after appeare •
to enter a large apartment, where see
*II pellanis were assembled, chatter
'Mg and laughing, but suddenly becam:
silent.
Here I expected my bandage to be re
moved, but it was nOt.i.;:l. was:still led
ferward into • another' narrow passage,
and then into some rodln, the door of
which opened with a inushly grating
sound.
My night being now restored to me, I
found myself in a small rocky cell,
whose dimensions and contents I could
perceive by the light of an iron lamp
which one of My ..two conductors held
in his hand.' The' apartment was per
haps:ten feet by six, and looked as if it
had been hewed out of solid rock. It
bad an iron door, with t very small
opening over the top, to admit air. It
was daylight when - I. leftthefresh world
above,-but there was no da light here,
and the air was damp and oisome. A
dirty matressstfetchedalon theground
Si
on one side, and en, earthen jug stood in
one corn6r.- , These Were' all the room
contained , whieh had, the appearanceof
a prisoner's cell. . . ,
. .
"Will yon not tell, me why I am
here?"' I - said to-the en, as they stood
watching the,expression of my features.
"Because it is the wish of our chief,"
answered one with agrim smile.
"Have I done anythin r for which he
wishes to punish n , .
"He had better answer that question
himself."
- "Shall I see him soon ?" •
"You may and yell may not?"
'"What'Will become - of my propertry,
meantime?" • , -
"It will be taken good cal e of." -
"May I hope it will be restored tome!"
"You may hope What y'ou
Will you tell me nothing to solve the
inyidery in which I am involved?" •
•"That is not our business here," said
the spokesman, and then 'both turned
to go out.
"Oh, gentlemen!" exclaimed I, 09 a
hOrrii )10 :suspicion suddenly, flashed
upon me, "pray assure Inc of one thing
urn not to be locked up here and left
to starve to death." •
"It is not for'us to'say," was 'the, .re-,
ply, asthe'heavy iron-door was swung'
to and locked; leaving me .iii vdarkness,
a prey to fear and despair.
For liourS do onecame near me; and
not knowing What hater to do, I stretch
ed my weary self out, on the.-mattress,
iindflinnlly fell asleep.
awakened by , the creaking. of
the hinges of my iron door'. I looked
up, and could hardly believe my senses;
When I beheld, by the light she held in
her hand, a young, tall, beautiful lady,
with black eyes and hair, very gaily and
•richlkAlressed ;, her soft, white tapering
lingerektirly glittering- -with - rings of
great Value. Behind-her, like: .an evil
genius; stood a wrinkled and ugly 'told
woman, whose bleared eyes and hooked
tiOSejiist came out of the shadow,' over
lier.shoulder, with •a , v9ry un pleasant,
-if not startling effect. ' : ,
. I iunmediately' rose from my dirty
couelFund Made my most, polite .bow,
which tfie younger female, after staring
hard at me, very peculiar manner,
for nearly half a minute, acknowledged
by a very slight inclination of Tier head:
, ."What is your name, age and Country,
senor she' , said, at 'length, speaking
in,t,hefone . Of , one accustomed to com
mand.
"My name is Walter Ainsworth. I
am twenty-nine years of age„and I was
born in the United-States." - - - - •
"What is the value of your mule train,.
including goods and animals?"
"`Penthousand' dollarS." s .
"What amotint .of
_money : have you
about yetn4e_non, and what things of
value ?". '
. I' knew 1 niiglit a 4 well tell the truth,
and the, whole-, as endeavor to conceal
anything, for I was unqUestionably in
the hands of an organized body of brig-
t.xrs~y ~~=
...
lIM
a.. 13 a4vay
fDECEIVIBER 11, 1:67.
* ands, who could search me, or do what
eyer else with me they might choose; Ho
I answered, without hesitation
"I, hake in money not far from a hun
drecrdollars and a, gold watch, worth
perhaps two hundred. These are all of
teny,special value, my silver-mounted
pistols and bowie knife having already
.been given up."
r`A..re. you married or siiig,le?'" '
A 4. 1. have a wife and two children."
"Where?"
"In, New Orleans.",
"Do they depend trinon you for sup
port?".
!`Entirely.?? .
"Have you other property besides
:Our mule train?"
"Only a little--worth, perhaps a few
hiandred dollars. ll
"I,think. you have given me. honest
and truthful answers.," she' said, lOok
ing itic.keenly in the eye.
hope
I
,'I have, indeed fair lady, tind I hope
M
I ay trust much to your kindness and
mercy 1" „
,p0i.„„, 1 ,:..... ... aLwAll atm& NV urer vraneeS!'"
s he said, turning to the old woman. I
The latter stepped ptuit her mistress
and placed a stone jug and loaf of bread
on the ground at my feet. Then sh9o
- to the corner and took away i tUle.
already there. Both then turned
go out, and I exclaimed pleadingly;
fa'ave mercy fair lady, and procure
my liberty 1"
What, will'you give for it?" she in
qu red.
. . ..
'lf necessary, everything rpossess."
Iswill consider your proPattion, she
rcled, and then the , heavy iron door
w again swung to , and locked, and I
wa again left in darkness and solittfde.
om t hat time, for a long period---a.
Inni r ith, as I made it out, I saw no liv
/ngisoui. There was a small door set in
the' larger, and once a day this was
'Op+ed, but being dark outside, and up
ligl t being brought, I could see no °mi.
A hand reached in .a loaf of bread an
jug of water. Several times I addresgt
words to the invisible party outside, b t
no' answer ever being returned, I t
length ceased to speak, and for the la t
three weeks said nothing. What Isu -
i i
fered, is that time I- leave to the imag
ination.
1
Ono day the same lady I have des
cribed came and spoke to me - through
the wicket.
"Are you still orthe same mind, senor
to give all you possess for your
liberty !"
"ob,_yes, lady! yes! I will give . alll
all!! Oh, for the love of Heaven, set
me at liberty !"
' "Will you swear to follow my direc
tions in every particular, and never
seek to bring to justice any one concern
ed in your capture and imprisonment?"
"Yes, lady !"by the most sacred oath
you may prescribe."
I"Then, by the lives of your wife and
children, swear!" .
"I do; and by my hopes of Heaven?"
"YOu will be blindfolded and let out
of your prison," she pursued, "but will
not be left to go penniless. What you
have about your person you will be al
lowed to keep, and you will be put upon
the road to Chihuahua, mounted on a
good horse, and furnished with a heavy
purse, a part of the proceeds of your
in UAW which has been sold to .ad
vantage, 'You will ride to Chihuahua
as fast as you'ean, and / feport yourself
ag 19.yj0u.: do. .n 9: well, :(v.i thou t_. makin4Y
orally person or thing yon have heard
or seen in this 'vicinity. I After that,
take my adviCe, and leave; the country,
without ever returning this way again."
"In every particular, kind lady, you
shall be obeyed," said I, my heart wild
ly beating with hope and joy.
"It is well. Be ready in an holm—
Adios.
She went away, and that hour seem
ed to me an age, as I hurriedly paced
up and down my dark cell. Would she
keep her promise? should I again be
free
Thank heaven, she was true to her
word. At the expiration of an hour
two persons entered my cell in the dark,
put a close bandage over' my eyes, and
led one away in silence, through long,
narrow passages as before, and up to the
world above. Oh ! what a delightful
sensation to feel and breathe once more
the pure air of heaven. They still con
tinued to lead away for something like
a mile, and then put a heavy purse in
my hand and Mounted rue upon a horse.
"Now, then," said one, we are about
to leave you: Your horse's head is to.-
ward Chihuahua. Do not touch your
bandage till you hear us whistle ; then
tear it ofrand ride for your life, lookijng
not behind you."
• , I followed their directions, as I had
sworn to do, and reached my destina
tion' in safety, and soon after left the
country.. The bag given me contained
the amount of a thousand dollars in
gold. To this day I do not understand
the mystery-of my imprisonment, rob
try and parting present.
' A very ' worthy fisherman, by the
name of Grizzle, was drowned some
time since, and all search for his body
proved unavailing. After •it had been
in the }eater some months , however, it
was discovered floating on the surface;
and taken to the shore, whereupon Mn
Smith svgs dispatched to convey the irt
elligenee to the much afflicted widow.
' "Wei l l, Mrs. Grizzle, we have found
1m Grizzle's body."
"You don't say so."
, "Yes wo have, the jury haS set on it,
l'ind found it full of eels." ,
"You don't say Mr. a riAzle's body
.9 full of eels?"
" Ye. 3, ititp, and we want to know what
on will have done with it." •
"Why, how many eels do you think
herds in him?"
"About a bushel." .
"Well, then, Think you 44. ad better
end the eels up", to the house and set
Ihuagain." „
Old Mr. 1 - 17uss41 was fairly ,caught in
is own trap, lie was better known as
►lajor Ben. Rus4ll, and being met by
is old friend BuSby, he was familiarly
sluted by a hearty shake of the Ind,
Lad:
"How do you do, old Russell ?" '
" Come, now," said Major Ben., "I'll
of take that from you—not a bit of it ;
ou are as old as I am this minute."
" Upon My word," says Mr. Busby,
you are my senior by at . least tep
ears." - •
"Not at all, friend Busby and if-you
- w
ease; we ill deterreinothis question
•ry soon. Just tellme what is the first
ing you can recollect."
1" Well, the first thing "recollect,"
id Mr. Busby, . " was hearing people
iy, " there goes old Ben. Russell."
IA good. story is told of a - Glasgow
T erchdpt,' - Who, on his death-bed, sent
n O e r a e r o s ep e ige r h . c n l g er
g li r i l s u a f n uiu reHapyrionsg
ets, he asked thereverend gentleman :
"Do you" think, - if I wero to leave
0,000 to the Free'kirk, that my soul
• uld be 'stayed ?"
`Well," answered the cautious min
er, 9 : 1 - couldn't just promise you that,
t I tli!pit the experiment well worth
r.ilhg- l 'i ' . '
. Hi
iavet the . courage to . prefer,comfort
gprosperity •to fashion in al things.
av 6: the courage ,to aelp,oWledge
mr 'ignorance, rather than to seek
edit or knowledge under false pre
rises. I
Mrs. Houghton's Cat or Who Was the
Burglar.
Mr. Jones was on his way home from
a small party, at a late hour hi the eve
ning. It was a very dark night—dark
ness solid enough to 'cut, as somebody
has expressed it. Under the cilm
stances it was perhaps strange that fr.
Jones found considerable difficulty! in
'finding his way home, familiar. ati it
was.
At length, with a feeling of relief, he
turned into the street in which he liv
ed. I should say into the street in
which he supposed he lived. The faet
was that he mistook the street, and
turned into one running parallel to it.
"Now where's my • house ?" - thought
Jones.
It was rather hard to tell. He tried
with his eyes 'to peer through the dark
ness, but not very successfully. At hat
he discerned•an outline that lookechliWe
the front of N0.j62., which he occupied.
a ia r tiVoriMadirl e ete - r - "cliat'ilit h
But he was mistaken.
Itrwas the, residence of Mr. Hough
ton, a dry' goods merchant.
J.{
But how should Jones know ? e
couldn't read the name on the oor
plate. However he felt so contlden he
'was right, that he probably would'
have done so if ho could.
He took out his latch key, and insert
ed it in the proper place.
But a very curious coincidence:, and
unfortunately for Jones, as it preyed,
hfs latch key fitted Mr. Houghton's
door. The door flew open, as if 16 its
laNkful. proprietor, and Jones, entirely
unconscious that he was committing a
grit 4 offence in the eye of the law,
steped tranquilly inside.
k
it , as about twelve o'clock. Every
t
soul vas in bed and asleep. I ought to
except Mrs. Houghton, who had been
kept awake by a severe toothache. -lih..
Jones groped his way along until he
came to.the hat stand, which happened
to occupy a similar' position to that in
his own hall, and quietly took off his
coat and hung it up. His ,' hat ditto.—
He thenthought he would make his
way into the dining-room opening out
of the hall at the end, and light the
gas. -:
" I should• think Mrs. Jones might
have kept the hall burner lighted," be
said to himself. " She knew I was go
ing to'staynut late. Confound it."
This last exclamation Was elicited by
a stumble over an article of furniture
in the dining-room which ho had alrea
dy entered./ Jones fell over it with con
siderable violence, productpg a contus
ion on the knee, and a trifling pain in
that bone sometimes denominated the
crazy -bone: ,
"Its a regular man-trap," muttered
Jones, pieki g himself up somewhat
irritably. " Vhat is it I have stumpled
over?". , _./
He felt ab ,
t, thinking it might be a
chair,. bu thi astonishment may be con
ceived when he discovered, by his sense
of feeling, t e offending article was a
cradle. . -•
" A cradle in my house !" he exclaim
ed, " What can it mean ?"
Mr. Jones' youngest child was ten
years old, so tliat•he,liad some ground
for his surprise. •
" /Vcradle !" he repeated. " Ctdod
hetotelis ! Has itirs.,Tones been enter
-
good , sense to put away the cradle so
that I needn't break my shins over it."
He made astride forward—and unfor
tunate step it proved. The table was
laid for breakfast—the custom in that
household, but not that in Mr. Jones'.
Coming into 'violent collision with it,
the table was tipped over, and there Was
a tremendous smashing of Crockery,
making a hideous racket.
"Good gracious!" thought Jones,
" what on earth induced Mrs. Jones to
set the table over night in this particu
lar occasion.' She never has done so be
fore. I suppose I have destroyed ten or
fifteen dollars worth of crockery.' It is
Mrs. Jones' fault. I shall deduct it out
of her pin-money."
• Meanwhile, in the chamber above,
Mrs. Houghton had striven in vain to
find relict' from her toothache. She tri
ed cloves, she tried toothache drops, and
various other remedies, but. all to no
purpose. The,disagreeable pain would
not he exorcised. She envied 1111..
Houghton, who lay in tranquil lumber
unheeding her torments.
All at once she thought she he I the
outer door open, Still she could hardly
believe it It must be her imagination.
She thought, however, she woul4 listen
again.
No, she was not mistaken. She cer
tainly did hear a step in the ball.
Mrs. Houghton began to be frightey
ed.
"Could it be burglars ?"
She waited.
N - -t e- q - thr 'of J tumli
ext came iesounu
ling over the cradle..
"It must be somebody," thought Mrs,
Houghton, nervously. "Shall I wiike
Mr. Houghton If I do, and he goes
down, and if burglars, they will very
likely shoot him. I'll wait a minute."
She did wait a minute.
Then came tkvfearful crash of creek-.
ery, a sound Wltat 'Mrs, Houghton
heard with a degree of terror which
quite cured the toothache. She felt if
she could no longer stand it alone, so
she gavo her husband a vigorous shake.
" What's wanted ?" - demanded he
drowsily; more than half asleep."
" Wake up!"
" Is it morning ?"
" No,' but you must wake up at once !".f .
"What for ? What's the matter ?"
" There's matter enough ?" exclaim
ed Mrs. Houghton, in an energetic 14his
per. " There's a burglar in the house!"
"A wha ?"
" A burglar! I heard him comb +in.—.
He's making a tremendous noise below.
I think there may be two or three of
them." •
" What's/to be done '?" said Hough
ton, now fairly awake.
They'll earry.off my silver. I fur
got to bring it up' to night."
`l've got a pistol," said Mr. - Hough
ton, " and I believe it is loaded."
"Then you'd better go down stairs
and use it," said his wife, her anxiety
about the getting the better of
her anxiety. for her husband's safety.
There was another crash, and a loud
exclaination from Jones, as - he stepped
on a dish that had thus far lay miinjur,
ed and demolished It. '
"He's swearing," said Mrs. Hou'glij
tpri.. ‘! Oh, do go ,down quick, before
he gets at the silver.''
Mr. Houghton didn't seem to be
much in .a hurry. In' factlie was rath
er cowardly b.rnature, and didn't at all
relish a conflict with a burglar. How
ever, lie put on his pants in a leisurely
manlier, greatly to Mrs. Houghton's
disturbance:
Oh, do be quieh,'" she said.
" I,supi)pse you want- him to shoot
,me," he muttered. •" Why don't you
go down yourself ?"
" That's a pretty question for a man
•to ask his wife. There:isn't any dau-
I ger. He's.in the dark, and you can op
en the door at the foot of the stairs and
fire." •
• "But,perhaps he's gOt a lantern."
"O, do'gadown Mr. Houghton, or , f
,shall go l"
•
tt
Golf you wish to."
"I believe you're a coward."
• " I'm going as quick as I can," said
Mr. Houghton, who did nut relish this
imputation, more especially as he had a
decided conviction that it was near, ~ t he
truth. , •
" Here's your pistol."
Mr. Houghton took the pistol with no
great alacrity, and opening the door, be
gun to descend the stairs. He . heard
sounds as of some one groping about,
add that gave him courage. Ti..-peemed
to indicate that the burglar had no
light.
" I hope he won't catch hold of me,"
thought, and his blood ran cold at the
thought. "He is probably some desper
ate ruffian."
He slipped quietly to the foot of the
stairs, and pulling the trigger, fired. -
There was a piercing scream, such asi
it was hard to think could proceed from
any human being's lungs.
Mr. Houghton, his soul stricken with
fear, bounded up. stairs four steps at a
bound.
Jones heard the report, and he too
was astonished.
thou6t. Somebody hasiired a pis
tol at me. Who screamed, I wonder ?"
Just then he stumbled across a . card of
matches, and struck one against the
%rail. The light revealed to him the
startling information that he was in the
wrong house.
"Good Gracious !" ho exclaimed, to
light flashing upon him, " I've ben
tired at as a burglar. I must get ou of
this."
He lost no time iiimaking his wa to
the front door; and hurried down ,he
steps, fearing lest an alarm might be
raised. He 800f1 reached his own house,
and entered, saying nothing of his ad
ven tire.
The Houghtons did not sleep much.—
Mr. Houghton was convinced that he
had shot a burglar, and that he was
probably stretched out in the dining
room. But he didn't like to ge down'
and look at him. .
'"Better wait till morning," he sap .
"Fie may still, be alive and might shoot
me." •
He bolted the chamber-door, but it i&
needless to say that neither he nor his
wife slept much that night.
With the first glitemqing of dawn,
everything below being quiet, his cour
age returned, and supported by Mrs.
Houghton, he descended to the dining-
TOom,
opened the door nervously, bitt in
stead of seeing the dead burglar, only
saw an overturned table, demolished
crockery, and on a chair, cold iu death,
the body, of Mrs. Houghton's 'favorite
cat, wholhad received the bullet intend
ed for the midnight marauder. • s
" Could it be possible that, Tom upset
the table ?" ejaculated 11frs Hough
ton.
\:,
"1 th'nk it must be," said her hus
band be vildered. .
"And 'ou.shot him?"
You t ld me to." c
" understand it ; I, diStinetly
heard somebody swear."
• " Probably it was the cat," said Mr.
Boughton, sarcastically.
Mrs. Houghton was not sure. It
seemed as if puss were the only burg
lar, yet she had never heard that eats
were in the habit of swearing. ITo this
day that night's adventure is a Mystery
to the, , bewildered pair. Of course • Mr.
Jones never revealed his eonfiplicity,
and the cat still bears the blame of the
nocturnal uproar. and On", ilcoii ueLltni
One of the most affecting stories I
ever heard about a dog Was told me
many years ago by an uncle of mine
who once lived in Paris. 11.ly uncle was
walking on one of the quays, when he
:M' a man approach, holding a. dog by
a chain. The poor animal was fright
ened, and yet did not attempt to strug
gle as hewas being led along. He look
ed up piteously at his jailor, and every
now and then tried to fawn about 'his
feet, as if pleading with him. f,
"Poor beast, hemaight know, seem
ingly, what was going to happen to
him," said the man.
•'What is going to happen?" inquired
mpun ele.
"Sir,
I'm going to drown ; that
is what will happen."
"But Why, sir; are you his master?"
"1 :an 'certainly his master, and ho iR
Old—poor Ponto! I am sorry, but it
must he."
The dog gave a low whine, and trem
bling-, crouched close to his master.
"Undoes not seem so very old, and
drowning is a hard death," remonstratl,'
ed 'ny uncle.
lie is Vito useless."
1 hile he was speaking the Ivords,
the man nemoored a little boat,lifted'
the dog in, and rowed ,to the middle of
the stream. When he- came to where
the water was deepest, my uncle saw
hini lift, up the' dpg suddenly, and
thr )whim with great force into the
stre am. ,
IF the„ master t had thought that the
dog's age and infir nities would prevent
his struggling for fd he wat very much
mistaken, for he 'rose to the - surface;
kept his head well; up, and trod the wa
ter bravely. The man then began to
push the dog away with an oar, apd at
last, losing all patience,
he struck so far
to deal the dog a blow that he overbal
anced himself and fell into the river.—
He could not swim, and now began 1 he
generous animal:[ efforts, net to save
his own life, but that of the master who
was trying to "drown him. The dog
swamto him, antized fast hold of his
coat collar, held In n up until a boatput
,off to his rescue and brought him, half
drowned and wholly frightened, to the
`shore—his faithful dog barking, crying
and licking hie hand and—face in the ,
greatest excitement of affection. I re
member still the look - frith which my
uncle used to tell how 'he stepped for
ward
and asked the man :
"Do you still think him useless—this
noble, generous dog?" -
'I think he deserves a, better master,"
said the 'gentleman who had witnessed
the incident.; and there and then he
made an offer to buy Ponto ,-, but the
map, embracing the dog, said hoarsely :
"No,sir; no, I was wrong; as longjs
I have a Crust, I will give half to t y
poor Tonto."
A woman who hail : basket on her
arm cameoup at the same time and said,•
"I shOuld think you would,: indeed, or
else you t ught to be ashltmed to look
hint in the, lace," and out of her basket
took apiece of meat, and the dog was
feasted and petted and made much of,
and from that time, as long as 'my
uncle staid in Paris, ho often saw•Pouto
on the quay; and the story of his gene
, rosity to his master made him so many
l• friends that the doe's keep" was no Ton
iger burdensome. IN 0 one wagsuffered
4-
Lo molest him, and his old age was
eloubtles the happiest period of his
, life.
ones, s
A gentleman about to travel on a-
French railroad, had', at the time of en
tering the ear, an unlightNl eigar,in his
mouth. Observing that there was,ajt
dy in the compartment, he was about
i i
to replace the cigar in his ca. e, when 10,
from the lady's feet there ró It a fierce
dog, in a threatening attitud e. At the
same time the lady snatched , the cigar
'from the gatitleman!s meal and threw
Wont of the windoW, with theremark:
" I dislike smokers, theymake me ill:"
The gentleman, with a polite bow, re
joined : "I do not like dogs, they . an
noy me." Then seizing thltanimal by
the back of the 4 Sieclt; he pitOhed halter
the cigar.
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NO. 50.
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ROMANCE IN PLATTSBURG.
'
In the latter part of June,ln ilia Yea;
1856, Capt. John G. Weather ,- wax on
of a numerous family of that name, 11
,
ii - ig six miles south of Plattsburg saile
as the owner and commander ave o -
sel on Lake Champlain for a C nadla
s) ,,
pert, taking"with him as employees, hi
cousin, Et:udrew Weatherwax, and an
other boatman. On the return trih
they one morning put itito the moat
j
of Pike river,'a small stream whit
empties into the lake on the east. and
just north of the ' Canada line, fpr the
purpose of taking on a cargo of wood.
During the day, the third man of the
crew, as ho afterwards testified, observ
ed the Captain and hi cousin violently
quarreling. There w re high and iiipas
sionate words,. and hreats employed
without stint or measure. The quarrel
and wrangling continued at, interva .
and the angry feelings of ,.. ther Irti t,.
tieftllVlartWltlTl - Viia at iss
i lil":,Z A sesi
hl es.
nightfall. At evening, .wtna wit
ness stood alone at the item, the Cap
tain and his cousin resumed their quar
rel near the bow, and for a long time
the noise of a wordy conflict and threats
of violence continued to be heard by - -
him. Finally,,however t . the quarrel
seemed to have been brought to a sud
den termination, and in a very singular
manner. There came through the
darkness to the ear of the listener the
Sound of tidal' heavy thud, as of; a_ pow
erful blow with some heavy weapon
crushing through a skull, and then all
was still. A few minutes mole elapsed
and the Captain came aft,•but without
his cousin. Nothing was said by him
or the witness about the - matter, and
the night passed away. In the morn=
ing, the hat of Andrew Weatherwax
lay upon the forward deck and near it a
pool of blood. The Captain was taci
turn and moody, and said nothing of -
is cousin ; and the assistant being now ,
t , only occupant of the vessel with him, .
ui ' of care to agitate the matter. It.
S l / 2
turn out aflerwards,, however, that
the cap ' ' -Ka vessel lying near heard
also the quarrel' and the blow, but like
the near witness, of whose presence he
was not aware, he preferred to say noth
ing about it ;• and the Captain, after a
few more days had elasped, - returned
unnaolested to Plattsburg, where, in an
swer to inquiries conceshing his cousin,
he gave onlyvague and what were con- -
sidered - evasive replies, stating that be
had.gone here or there to some indefl
nit° place, ofwhich the Captain seemed
unwilling to give any account.
The second scene in this remarkable
tragedy was the, discovery of the dead
body of a man ii Pike river, in the ex
act spot Where Captain Weatherwax's
boat had' been moored, only six days af
ter the quarreliiid supposed murder
above related. he man had evidently
been murdered, s hisskull was crushed
t
in, as though a blow had been. given
him. The body was identified as be
yond all doubt that of Andrew Weath
wax. This led to a - revelation of the
occurrences upon the boat, and in ten
days thereafter, Captain Weatherwax
was arrested and imprisoned on charge'
of having murdered his cousin. The
warr-int for his • arrest was issued by S.
D. M. Beckwith, then a justice of the
Peace, and now a resident of Canton,
N. Y. At themyclimjnarv,oxaminatio.o
wham lasted nine Hays, the evidence
was so strong and so conclusive against
the prisoner, that Mr. Beckwith gives •
it as his op, talon that if it had been giv- •
en to a jurkll upon his trial, no earthly
-power could haVe saved from convic
tion and execution. But as- the trans
action had taken place in Canada, it was
decided that. Justice Beckwith Juttl no
jurisdiction in the matter, and the pris
oner was set at liberty. His counsel
advised him upon hie release to leave
' the country, change his name, and live
. in the g Tatest possible obscurity, so
firmly ,tonvinced was he, as well as
the CD tire-community, of his guilt.
,But
the Captain boldly and resolutely re
fused to 0 this, claiming that he would
yet be able to vindicate his 'entire inno- ..
tense. After a time, however, the news
reached the British authorities in Can
ride, and in obedience to their requisi
tion, Hon. Wm. L. MaCy, then Seem
,tury of State, issued a warrant for the
.pLiptain's arrest, and-he was conveyed
- to Slontretil, and Closely confined in .
jail. Thither his faithful counsel follow
ed
him, and upon the trial managed to
secure his acquittal by such means as
are best known to skillfullawyers. Suf
fice it to say that there was not elicited- .
a particle of evideirce to weaken the
conviction of his guilt, and yet the
Judge charged the jury that the eVi
dence was not sufficient to.conviet. He
was :Accordingly released and returned
to Phittsburg, which for ten years he
has walked among his neighbors, spurn
ed and despised of all, bearing the.
brand of Cain and even abandoned by
his own family relatives, because - he
had murdered their kinsman. Of all
Who bad known 'him, not one believ
ed him inpocent.
Andl hers we reach, the last, and above
all others, strange event of his history.
Early in the present mouth of October,
AndreW Weatherwax appeared among
his relatives in -the southern part of the
town 4f Plattsburg.. When intelligence
,of his return was brought to those who
participated in the scene of 1856 they .
refused to credit it. But he is noverthe
fess the (veritable Andrew, and as such
is received and recognized by his astoit
lii=hed mind delighted friends. The, ae-
I a t which he gives o; himself isrfthat
•ifi tnac July night, in '5 , 3. be left the
~ n aL ,sing tit ti?e w hart at Pike river, amt,
% , ,:ar,dered ‘q; -0 a ruin Chin. ,otnew here
in theneighbolingsettlements. Already
I,artially nitoxicated i _and irritated by
:he events of the day, it did not take
long for him to become embroiled with
certain tipsy fellows he found there.=
He says he was arrested, brought before ,1
a magistrate and fined. Not having q .,
the money tat pay the fine, he was about
ioibe placed in close confinement, when '
a man stepped forward and offered to
take him as- a seaman, giving an ad
vance of wages to pay the fine. An
dtew accepted and Was speedily shipped
on an English vessel. He *ent as a
common sailor to China, to. - Australia
and to various parts, of the world in
different vesselS. He returns now and
learns, for the first time of his supposed
death by violence. i ,
Since the return of his cousi%. Cap
tain John G. Weatherwax is anothtr+--
rnan'. The confidence, vigor andlieart
'edness of his youngerdays Iniisemeturns
ed to him. Friends cannot do'.renougli
to recompense hire? for the sufferings he
has endured through their unjust con
demnation. There is still , a mystery
connected with this case. No rational
aceciunt can be given of the body that
was-tfound anti identified Its that of Ait- .
drew Weatherwax. No other m.an'iras
mi3sing, no other strangsr or settler,
far or near, was known here or at Pike
River, to have suddenly disappearei_ ,
Too great an interval of time has no:, __.
elapsed to solve this mystery, and k 1
truth in regard to it must be left to '7 -;
lecture. s
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An editor never leaves any money at:
home for fen - roll:Ire, and never earrle4
any with him for fear of robbers, nor
deposits it in bank for fear of specula
ting officials. His money is generally
in the hands of his subserit>era.
Secretary Stanton - is in favor tsf
Grant for President.