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Y. • t OVR 3s[LCITTO Juoiskinin BEET, aesAr es TUE CHEAPEST :BLANK BOOKS Of very desoription, in all styles of Binding, and as low, for quality of Stock, as any Bindery in the State. Volumes .of every description Bound in the best manner and in any style Or dared. ALL KINDS OF GILT WORK Exeouted in the best manner. Old Books re• bound and made good as new. zigoititznym =Lamm COMPLETE YOUR SETS! I an prepared to furnish back numbors of all Reviews or Magazines pnbilehed in the United States or Groat Britain, at . a low price. BLANK BOOK &. OVIER PAPER, Of all sizes and qualitlei,on hand, ruled or plain DILL.HEA.D PAPER, deny quality•orsise r on'hand and cut up ready for printing. Also, BILL PAPER,•and CARD BOARD of all colors and quality, in boards or ou t to any size. • • . • STATIONERY, Cap, Lotter, ilote Paper, Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, eke. Tam sole agent for Prof. SHEPARD'S NONCORROSIVE STEEL PENS, OF VARIOUS SIZES, FOR LADIRS AND GENTLEMEN, Which I will warrant octual to Gold Pens. The oeit in use and no mists e. The above st6elt I 1,111%0111A the Lowest Rates at all times, at a small advance on New York price!, and in quantities to suitpar_a ;•1 nsers. All worli. and stock' warranted us ri..presonted. respectfully solicit a shhre of puhlie patron age. Orders by mail promptlY' attended to.— Address, LOUIS KIES, Advertiser Building, Elmira, N. Y. ?opt. 28, 1567.—1 y UNION HOTEL. MINER WATKINS, PROPRIETOR. lIAVING tate(' up a now hotel building ou the site of the old Union Hotel, lately destroyed by tire, I atu now ready to reeelso and etitertuiu guests. 'flu Union Hotel was Intended fur n TentlWratiee tiouff6, ac , ltbe Vroprletor believes It enti be elttitairwd l'l.l¢. Au Utteutive hostler in attendance Wellsbord,June 26, ISG7. E. R. KIMBALL, GROCERY AND RESTAURANT, One dour above the Market, NV EL LSIIOIIO, PENN 'l-‘, RESPECTFULLY 'announces to the trailing public that ho has a desirable stoi.k oi O re ceries, comprising, Teas, Ceffocs, Spices, Sukirs Molasses, Syrups, and ati that con.tiitites a first ,lass ttock. Pysiers in every style at all sea uuhle Well . sborro; .an. 2, ISil7-tf. • ..131 Cs 4ZO t stee3 iS3 - 1:3-vCs 44.. ' ate it Excitement: Johnspn impeached; and Em ,reeq. ib.ootd and nhues triumphant! :Am dutesci &bet a hl ,y to the people of Westfield and \ !daily that Alta f.tcCuring a Patent bloot which he believed to pesseds the following advantap.e oTer all Othel 1;t there l, ng; 2d. no wrinkling . , save as they break to tbe feet; 3d, •no eloping. In short_ th e y are low the thing for everybody.'uomples rn band ana erne,. ,elicital. Solo right of Westfield township and Born' t:cared. Ho has also Just received a splendid sot of Ultnotal patterns, latest styles. Come one. conic all: We are bound to sell cheap for cash or ready pay z , brill ,md door jOUth of Souders k Volegrovd. Westfield Bore', Feb.l3 1E69 J. It. WALIIER & LATkinor, DEALERS 3N HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL, NAILS, STOVES, 1711 1 -WA .RE, BELTIR, Sin CUTLERY, WATER LIME, , t(FRICITLTURAI. IMPLE)IENTS, Carriage arniFlarness Trimmings,. HARNESSES, SADDLES, Sc. tortaNg. N. Y., JE” - ,. - 2, 1807-Iy. • HEAR YE! EIEiVR YE! •lIEAR YE BARRELS, FIRKINS, CHURNS, LI R R,.pt , onst tinily on hand, and t urnislo d to or kr, iiN w. 'r. M. AT kl hia OGN Mare, 2tl dour hove Iloy's (Jobe 10, iinS. Scales! Scales! Scales ! r B all •,riliniary size:, for heavy, and counter are. 'any' he .-end at the llardivate Store W in. Roberts, The-o Scaler :ire the Fatirbat,lCs irol have ire eriperior •They are rite hent:stjle and ha va token the proni an at all the great exhibitions. I have the eolo agency for these Settles in thin re,nion WILLIAM It.o BE lerS. Wellsbaro, Feb- I9OS, PACIFIC HOTEL, 170, 172, 174,.& 170 .GI?EENWICII New Yin Ic HE. UNDERSIGNED takes pleas ure in announcing to his numerous .frionth and patrons that from this date, the charge of flho,P.mitle will be 4'2,50 per day [rig solo Proprietor of this there, fir r e free tt(mi the tau common gxection el an indrdinate rent, ho is full} able to meet the downward tendency of prices without any inning off of service. I ) It will now, as heretofore, be his aim to main tain undiminished the favorable reputation et the Pacific, which it has enjoyed for many years, colAne of the boat of travelers hotels. Pio table will he bountifully supplied with every delicacy of the season. -The attendance will be foun.l efficient e n d obliging. The locution will be fowl." convenient fur theau whose business caile thetula the lower part of the city, being One door north of I.7..rt land Street, and ono block weft or Broad•c-,c, rod of ready aocc.ta to oil Rail Road and Steam. bust Linea, • Dec 2, 19(3:3-t3co . JOHN : PATTEN New Tobacco Store THE sub.criber bog fitted or I Pining. D. P. Tin lati.l ::4•ri ,U:SI of CNA!? 2, (all grades), rated and Co,'i7h.'.l S3IOIi7ING TUBA CCU, Fine Cu CHEWING, and oil A i J 01.4 PLUG TOB ACC 0, PIPES. "ti ce4 Brand of CIG,I le and .t.ce 1)r NC . ,r. 1 i . tt. 'iv FARM EN,B ! VLR RUN Pi, ASTER.—W.OI 3 I_l timt we 11 ivo uqed 'lie PI I -tor a utuin+•l I ' ) +:upne%l3,:rna uo-, liAltles 10%40111p, nr•d h+•lieve it r •• e lull if n9t superior to rho 13-1:2.3 ilt Vld Striltll S M ConV o ,‘ L' Con'o '.l II Col,'" li is :iimr .na 4 I:ttrit3it;er fr W I: trkere'it t' , initli E Strait `h• Ili, tzs Albert King John 0 Alillt r 11l t Vatr , ,tiF WII Watr,,us Ll, If .r.ll It Al .4wlth• ()A Smith II M F., .t. , , .1 I) `trait F 0 V., ti C-el , ler .1 3 Swirl) J•IIVI 1.1.tt1-: .1 F Ziiiii - nerttran 'C 1, liing 1.. i, Swith. ~ N. d•—Piaster nhvays on baud a)t tho Mill.— rrioe $5 per ton. Nov. 4, 181R . J. 1 BUSINESS PyRWITORY, WILLIAM IL SMITH, TORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Itisuranco, Bounty and Poneion Agency, Math Street Wellaboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1808. WIVI i , GARttETSON, TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Notary Public and Insurance Agent, Blass burg, Pa., over Caldwoll's Store. OEO. W. .111 ERRICK, .ITTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LA \i• Office with W U. Sinith:Esq:, Main Street opposite Union Block, Welisboio, Pa. July lb, 1868, W. D. TERRELL & CO., lIOLESALE - DRUGGL§TS, and :dealers "in Wall Paper, Xerosene Lamps, Window ullas4, Perfumery, Paints and Oils, so., &c. Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1,1868.—1 y. S. P. W/Lsox. WILSON & NILES, TTPRNEYS J 6 COUNSELORS AT LAW, (First door from Bigoney's, on the Avenue)— Will attend to business entrusted to their cure in the counties of Vega and Potter. Wellaboro, Jan. 1, 1868. JOHN I. IVIITMELL ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL/UR, AT LAW, Wollsboro, Tioga Co., Pa. iiclaimAgent, notary Public, and Insurance gent. lie will attend promptly,to - cpileetion of ensions, Pack Pay and Bourity. As Notary üblic he tattoo acknowledgements of deeds, ad inisters orals, and will act as.gommlisioner to t)alte testimony. prlPOffice over iloy's Drug Store, adjoining Agitator Office.—Oct. 30. 13.67 John W• GuerneoV, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR A'! LAW. -11uvia o roturned to this county with a view of waking it his permanent residence, solicits a share of public pateonago. Ali business en trusted to his care Will bo attended to with vromptness and fidelity. Office 2d door south of E. S. Parr's hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa. sop 1. JOHN B. SHAILSPEABE, RAPER AND TAILOR. shop, over Jubn R. Bowert's Store. Cutiing, Fitting, and itopairing, done pi omptly andiu best style. lVell-,buro, Pa.. Jan. t, E4.91MG.1E Gkii ER, ILu it. s 'Lig) tirm. dour (oath of L. A. Sears's Shoe Shop. Cutting, Fitting, anti Repair ing dune itrot.ptly and lw el/. - Vielkburo., Yu., Jun. 1, Ibtsb.-ly. SOHN kiTNEit, AN 1.) CU 1 I lilt, 4a, opened a bfi'up lon Cr,it ton t , ti eet, rear 01 Sear & Derby's !Attie rhup, it het ebe i prei—iiiti to niutiufacture gar ment, to order lii tho ino,c bulls( aritial manlier, aii,i with itili.i Le ii . Pal tkuair attention pain to euttiug MIA I: ittiog Nl,i cell !e.(l, 18li3—ly Dr. C. Thompson 111 aural to ProCez.eionut call:: in tl.o vtllage t Valet: 711 Id It 1,10 , 710: 141 tateri,t. 2‘.1 dour on the rrgiolgutlig [Jut.e. 2-1, i k it Acv:. , t..te o thv •Zd nftex • 11 , , , E . 1) "I ;Allay ,QIN lee, with a turv,t. xperfenct.ll, hubpil.t/ ptIiCtiCt;IIILO opened uta Lnuc I", 111 C 41 , 0 l <, 0/i liscolk hoe nud f•urgt , ry, in all it:, Ur:litchi, ert-,0., lion' II call Mid good Uoalglilig at thu t'eunz3llLilila llot,l when de•Ared.— %S ill Nl,ll. ,t 11) part tottsultati3u, or to perfvrn,±ufw...,l of el ativut. I. Unita' Blvt:li, up titaire. . 9„181.115.-1y Win D. Smith, KNOXVILLE, -Iconsion, liounty, end In suranco Agent. t'unitueieatious sent to the above address etll receive' prompt attention. Tcrws ei. , dereto. Ono 8, 1868—))] Tnos ll.lEtryden SUIIVEYO/1 6'z 1/11.ArroMAN.—Ordard loft ut t. 1.; l'uon,oet.ttl IJutel, Wcdlel.poro, will u.ect sub pnruipt atietitiun. J.. u. 13. 1X67.-11. R. E. OLIVEVI DEALER. iu .CLUCKh & JEWELRY, 61LVE4 S PLATED V A 61)outzte hie, titringt, 1%.1. ll'atcl,es and Juw elf )ly repatred. I.ogractug duty) in plain and C1'111:I 11. ) i:epto7- y. ,) ,Alairdressing & Shaving. Saloon over A; I:nrker's bturo, IVell2- I= l'Artieulor attention . paid to Ladies' .ut•cuttine, :;Itrupuqntg, Irseibg, fata nraida, and striehea (1 II hand and made to ur• I. W. DORSEY 4; G. rUTICIII67, lILL WRW liT—A g eut lur ull the heat TUILDEN k; 11111 Aizo ut6tewure, 05cillating .11uvuluei,t for Gang and l'a., Aug. 7, 186 d, ly. -' • 4 U. L. WIL4QC)X; iu Lit V UUUL, vf kinds, llnrdw•ate IV: L.ilice Vottuun WAI assortment is large An I prleiii iti Übioll Block. Cull nt, 115,65—1 y. 1 3 TROLEU1YI ,40USEi ' CLOSE, Propri etor. A now Hotel euntlueted on the principle of live and let live, fur the iieirounnodthtion of the public.—Nov. 11, 1806.-Iy. \VI LL HOTEL C. I.'rvpriotur.:-11aving leas. 0 1 thi, popular iV)tel; "tho propriUtur respect fulii a fair Aare of patronage. Every attention given to guosts. „The best boetrei Ia the county always it. attonditnee. April 20, IStib.—ly. FAR,II! -- v 0.4 A, -T I 0 G A - C G - TI c INT T Y hood stabling, attachod;and n'nattontis'cl'ho2- -, • tor always in atiendainee. PAM:, 'IIAAIIIAJON HOUSE, -On strietly.getepersuee principles, Morris Run, Pa. R. C. BAILEY ! proprietor. Uorses and Carriages to let.—March 8, 1568, 7 -Iy. • •• , , • HILL'S HOTE L, ‘v ETIELD Bor•Jugh, Tivgiv Co. Pa., E. G. Hill, Pr. )prictor. A new and eommodioud buiitho g , with all tho modern improvements. Si'/thin glsy drives yr the best bunting and fish. tug ir) Northern Peon'a: Conveyances Int Tenn; awdenii.o. FO., 5, I '36S-1 y, ' ' • • Be it/ALTON 1110 USE, Claines, Tioga County, Pa. tioltAci.; ittee'a.' This is tpoxl kteated I%ithin easy access orthe hest lisping Nun ting groutidt in North urn ,1•1•31 V pants will bp slatred or •11. ivo•ointuqd.tiois,1 1 o plc:tsure leeliers and Chu et veli public .1, 18C8.3 Bounty and Pen ion Agen.ey. HAVl.:4:9.R.:uive,l.l.linit(intittuctlon,6l regard to therttr:cb•aunt% .tt) , •ctl 43 the act altpro‘ed J‘lo att.t litvtng It of nll 411011 t, 1 Ala itteriti ,, .ll() pvo3t•ente all pen , ;,,.ant pLlud In t t 1- 11'4V11, -, - •an communicate 111,1/ theit 4;01101)111)/Catint/P, will .be •1 , i 111,11% ast,wsii.(l 11. 141111 . 11 Octobt t 24.15@) 11'1 . .1(NE5;.3. k. ILILEY, 3001 4NO SHOE MAKERS, ,1' v., Store, iu flit It,!, ;,t;,yt) , irt/ • Brisj Neelry. . Dt/frl'. SliOli.:•4 .$1 all Ititids made to ji }rapt - al:din 1:11.1)e : A milliner. .',Oll - 11.rN:1; uf all I :in.is dime promptly and tAtee 114 :I c,,11. • NW N lIARKNESS. . 1 1.. 14, EY. Von4boro.Jan 1468 ly 1100 P SICIItTS, q t De LANO & ME J. B. NILES AN ADVENTUREHiPPOPO- The good ship Lone Star had been eleven mouths out, and her whaling cruise had not, as yet, proved :very, suecesSful, when she ran short of wood and :water, whilSt_ beating about- the. AfezambiqneChattrtel l eaey sail, dna ifir all‘lituills on' the — lookout 'for any sperm whale unfortunate enough to heave In sight: . • It was my first voyage as mate, and I was. Taeing .the . quarter deck, in ~no very euviablenatab:'of share in the profits of the voyage were promising to be but small•-when the captain rent for me to join him in the cabin. El Leaving one of our boat steerera in charge of the dealt, I went below, and found my superior,poring over .11, L ichen spread out on the saloon table. " 'Well, Mr: Wylie," said he,"whales are kind of scarce, so lam thinking of putting into the Coworin Islands for a supply of wood and water. Take a look at the charK" I did so, and found we were only for ty miles from the land referred to. • Co inciding with the captain's views, I re ceived his insauctionai and returned on deck to alter the ship's course and steer for the islands., That'daY ivetnade . but little progress. Towiirds noon the light and fitful breeze fled altogether, nor could our most a'n cien t mariners woo back its coy presence with their indefatigable and stipersti tious whistling. ' . Slowly and regularly the trim Lone Star rose and fell upon the steady heav lugs of the glassy sea. Strange, leaden colored fish, of dolphin shape, but oth erwise unlike any tinny denizen I ever saw before, swam lazily around cur mo tionless black hull ; odd looking jelly fish, slimy and shiny, with huge and hairy, feelers stretching far out to clutch their prey,' floated amongst tlteiri ; un wieldy,' almost shapeless 'sun-ti sh , sculled slowly past us with their two great side fins. Now and then, with a sudden flash of the smooth •waters, a shoal ofsilvery flying fish' would • dart into the air, and:skim swiftly along on outstretched wing, just • dip upon the surface of the water again totiamp their drying pinions, and then double' off in another direction to elude their 'relent, less and untiring enemies—the, fierce albicore and the nimble 'bonita—ever lon their track, darting along a foot-or so beneath the surface. Ravenowi;"uri 'faltering, and determined, these fish eating fish would- folloW: the' frightened little fugitives till some poor winged thingfell tired and deSpairing into the fang-glisten hg jaws just thrust an inch or two out Of the water to, catch it. Here ,the swift and glittering .dolphin,, swiftest of all fish, would . 'ehase ibe•811- very pres with unconceivablerapidity, now and then revealing its : course by immense bounds through•theair, Qften 'of twenty yards . and .more; there,.an ominous looking, tall, black object, standing still and upright Bout the 'Wa ter, told where lay the quiescent shark —for that tigief 'angular thing was his straight dorsal finlVaille• the gaudily:: , striped black and golden pilot ffsh . might be seen-Shooting,' , About beneath the' VegieVS-guarter,. every now and-then darting oft' to its savage lord and' Mas ter. Birds of gorgeous _Plfirnage, un known name and, curious cry, came ever and anon, to'gtize for a moment at bur black ski and her tinier spars then, off they,fieW among the :brilliant insects and -painted, butterfiles;which were: winging their frail flights across the bosom of •the Mozambique channel, •• • •: • How.everi;during the early hours of the night, a lighthreeie'sPrang' up, •so Ilhat we made land soon after. midnight,, when we stood off and on daylight; and then sailed slOwly into, the shel;• tered anchorage formed fly the Comorin Islands and the iieighlitiring'zmainland 'of Africa. • . J. JOHNSON Proprietor . After coming to an anchor s all hands went to breakfast, and when the r •bra , ,!- ings of the inner man had become duly satisfied, I armed the crew of my own whale boat, and set ofrfor the Shore on a reconnoiting expedition., , : in ',order . to nse.eitain whether any natives-gmstile or peaceable-rwere to be 'Met with, and also to pick out the most" likely' sPOt whence to obtain a stock of wood and . • water. Hoisting the sail, a light fair ,wind soon wafted us to the'neareet little islet. But here nothing rewarded our patient search, Low,impenettable jungle, to gether with sect, black mud, marked with what astonished us, the footprints of some strange - and monstrous beast, folioed and altogether uninviting Procee%ing to the next sad, largegt iF,lanes, of the group, however, e lauta 1 OM nilance of good .\ vater, and a lair pl'iportlon of dry wood trees fit. for our purpose. having selected a suitable lauding plaice, and - seen no trace of inhabitants, I gave the'order to shove off; and the boat's head wa once more - It:Veiled towards .her massiyo mis tress, looming fair and tall,at anchor In the distance. The Marnland wail only a mile or so front .where'ive now lay on our oin‘:,;,,and, as I gaged in that three:. Lion, the temptation to visit it— the ett• Tiosity to cal lute a strange cuast,-eattia strong upon me. " Well, boys,".. said I to my crew, "what do you say ,for a stretch as far as the shore away-there? There is a lead ing wind, fair going- and coming, and we might find better wood and water," This : latter expression pi.opinfon was to save iny• dignity from snaring by any.sospiolou of idle curiosity. i , ,- ~ :',•:y- 71 . 4r,' , : ., •'•,' , !Voeto Csorntr:- WIND THE .01400 E. Warden wind thii clock agatu ; - Mighty yea gptpg•on;' Through-the shadow and the dream, And the happy hearted dawn. Wind,agaio, wind again, • Fifty hundred yeara'have gone. Through th . o'harilist and 'the need, Wealthy June and dewy May, Grew the new ycar e from the old, Grows to-morrow from to-clay, Wind again, wind'again— • W tic) can keep the year at bay ? Feur-and-twenty conjurers Lio in wait on land and sea, Plucking down the startled Ship, Bad-embroidering the tree,: • Wind again, 'wind 'again— We , have neither ship nor tree. Four-and-twenty kinds to come t'•l) the never-vacant stair— Four-and-twenty dead go down; :Fellew sacred Bong And pre.yer. - :Wiwi-again ' wind again— arden, wily delaying thorn? To his interrupted dream Comes the long-entreated day. , What are leiier werdst/lim? SWeet-pursuing voices ray: , " Warden, wind, wind again—_ the ever-golden , way." r• Other hands 4 will Vtind the olock While die freqUent yenta go on. :Never noting need or name, Ner the rapture:of the dawn.. Wind again,'lvind again— Ere the given year be gone. 1U TAMI. Qf course, my men lighted at the prosper —the island being sm and Uninhabited. Hauling aft.theinain sheet, and keep ing the boat away from •the desired coast, I left Long To r4 ' my boat i3teerer, in charge, and stretched myself out in the stern-sheets, whilst the rest of the crew followed my example by throwing themselves Into the 4nost comfortable positibnp ' , theyii,nd•. along the thwattS`. • "... I. • , I.• • The breeze was gradually falling lighter, and for some time we sailed gently on, still and silent, save for the musical lap of the ripiples••against our bows, " The soothing aspects of nature tended to throw me into a dreary sort of a re verie, from ; ,which, I was-. suddenly arowled"by my Moat Steerer's - exclitha tion— " I saw a black ski i n shining in the sun just then sir." • "well," Said I;drewslly; . "it's - only a bottle-nose or porpoise." And I did not evenitake the trouble to raise my head above the gunnel. A few .moments elapsed, and we had Tof into shallow water, when Long om shouted,--- ; " There•4ls*iain 4 . . " Where away - - Where - ,away ?" I cried, stifrtled by his animation. " There away ; sir,"l pointing ahead ; "and it's no porpoise, no ;bottle-nose nor—nor, anything as everlSeedi afore, as wears thick skin'l"` - - All eyes were now straining to seatch a glimpse of Long Tom's straule dis covery. " Thereshe blows There she blows !" came in chorus . from my men' as a tiftele - rOheSlawl.t above the sidfaeb, rolled SteMlilS7 over, with a mo tion just like that of a spouting or play ing whale, and then sank out of .sight only a short distance ahead. ' . "Wait a bit, my lads," said I. "Unr ship tho mast; stow away the sail"; then out oars, and we'll soon' see what it is." My orders were promptly obeyed. Then _my • etnidy oarsmen! gave '--way with a will, and the light whaje boat was soon darting swiftly for and to where the object of our curiosity had last appeared. -I was standing on the bow: platform, directing Long Tom at the steering oar, when suddenly we l l'brought up all standing" against something hard, upon which the boat had ruin "stein on, like a nor' west buflaloi",..:ifts my- mariners expressed it. "Stain all ? Starn all ?" r roared. As the boat was backed off, tin, emir mous beast heavily raised its huge head out of the water, gave us a look ; tittered a loud sort of snorting bellow, and then sank clown again in the muddy fwater, through-which NVO had not been able tc; discern It. • - • "Holy sailor, Bill I" I heard the bow oarsmati say to his nearest shipmate. "What is it? I'm blest if ever. I saw such a thing afore, and I've been whal ing man and boy, nigh upon twenty years.” s i i )th e e o g , o e tl rs , - a b t o lo y n s, , " 3E a tn id d int'e'Prrasops me 4 l t i le iY it comes within reach again we'll soon find out what kind of a creature it is." A whale bout, ,b- never without, the gear of her profession; and so, when my men saw me handle the harpoon, they gave an approving shout, - and ea gerly gave way again in obedience to my order for them to; pull ahead. With iron poised- curd r - Teady, intently watching foi theistrangc mon ster's re-appearance( i when my boat steerer cried— " There they ale, 'way in shore there ; a bull school of 'em." Sure enough, tho glistening black backs tumbling about in tho foamy white water, Showed' where a number of the unknown fish or strange amphib ious animals were enjoying themselves. " Look out• ahead, sir! Look out ahead!" roared Tom again. IThere's somethire just broke water." 'I • The next moment I had darted my iron into a back as broad as that of a whale calf, and was Shouting— " Starn all! Starn all! Back water, my boys !" As the boat shot ,ack and the line ran out, the monster' that I had har-, pooned made desperate plunges to reach us. As it rolled and tossed about in its agony and surprise, I saw enough of it to know that we had red a hippopota mus. " • Giv.hig a Shccessinh,. and 'trying to g bolding iron with its the wounded beast sa: muddy water, here fathoms deep. Th rising to the surface a gether,Witli the long' thatbled ShoWed us e i that he was taking, for his companions s 7 Shore. i Qur prey went at it!great speed con siiing/hia`ponderons build,• and:, we were compelled; :to ,1:' Ai_o:47;ilc,t. cut • the line—the last thing -thought of ; so, in a very fetV nibinetsliwe found our selves right in the m dst of the herd of hippopotami, whose huge, unshapely heads were rising all itroun , whilst the wicked glittering of t eir sa age looking 1 . 1 little eyes seemed co centrated upon us with looks of wonder ? fury,andsurprise. Just then, unable to stay beneath the. surfayeAny, long6r,, the , wouncle4 , 1;140E1- s ter roSe: to;', breathelantle theft tkirffeti upon us With a terrific roar. ' Starn all I Stern , F all for your lives !" I shouted. i The tough ash oar urged us clear of the savage brute's c a.ge,,but then the boat steerercried--.• • • " ,. 0',,,:.*: - . ' " Hold'onVsii:!' 11 - oleiVater ! - Here's half-a-dozen uv 'em itstarn coming right for us." "Hold water, every man!". I roared; then espying a clear course,to'ttie right, continued, , 'Phil,' t . he port oars., So! Now give Way - all ; give way, my lads"! Pull for your lives!" And I was paying out line all the tim. i , But up from the murky water rose two of the brutes, ne on either side, only a feW - feet dia Tit; aud.With .huge t. distended jaWs the i rushed upon us. .Snatching up one of the boat-axes, whilst Long Tom hitt his steering oar to the next man, ad similarly armed himself, I sprang to[ where, one of the hippopotami was idincigt - tonching the gunnel, and then, Vith all my strength, dashed the keen ax[blade- into its fiat black nose. With roar louder than t that.of a dozen wilbulls of Madagas c; i3 car, the Monster vanished, Spouting olood. Long Tom ad also succeeded in driving off its ompanion, though not before the latte had made a great rent in the side ofhe boat, and had f also very nearly ca sized her. A shud der ran through us at our narrow es cape—we had not t me for More. The rest of the shoal had now come up, and were maki ighti,, foam fly in every direction as' herdaslied through i f the water to attar us. It was a terrib y critical moment! We could 410 lotigyr escape by rowing, for the monsters were all arond. If once they should succeed in overturning our fruit boat,'We would' assuredly perish horribly amongst them; Clielegleaniin,, , r great tusks and wide gaping jaws would pitilessly rend and tear us limb from limb. V ' ^tely l , it ery fortunately, suddenly occur red to me that I had read sotnewhere of hlppopotatui, being frightened at the BORO, PA., IVItt : t_RCH. 31, 1869. T . , na , noise of fir Cars, though I well knew that their amazingly tough skins were quite proof against ordinary spherical leaden bullets. ere only too de of a run ashore 1, uninteresting, Pick up. ,your , muskets—be quick, mylads !"•.. I cried, acting upon the In spiration. "Let each man • choose an object; then fire all together." Just as the'fierce little', pig-like eyes were . glaring 'close up:in us, andthe ter.; rible..white fangs were glistening in close proximity, , tho'ioud., roar of our volley echoed across the water, and then the stilPhuroussmolte-wreaths hid the pluifgingranonsters from 'out sight. At the same instant; how ever,•one enor mous.beast , reared • its vast body half out of the sea, and every Man shud deredl as he expected it would'ditSa our weak'boatto atamS ;' but, at 'the flash and noise of• the- guns it • fell ',,biteß, though even in,ploingso, it nearly •cap sized us, and half-filled our - little ; craft with.water, When the suaolre cleared away, our formidable pursuers had dis appeared, After a momentary pause in thankfulness at our marvelously nar row escape; the whalingspirit returned, and I,salti— ' " Paria me 'a lance, Long' Tom, and we'll settle the fellow we're fast to, any how. (Ave way, my hearties, and let the two bow hands haul in the line." Proceeding thus, we soon came up with the wounded beast. ' •Then for a moment poising the bright latiee over my right shoulder,' I. dent it deep to the heart df Our unwieldly-victim.. With a few treizetidous roars, and after a last desikeriite struggle to,reach • us, the strange amphibious creture went into its "flurry." After sinking -for a few moments, it once-more rose to the • sur face, and, likea dead whale, floated on its side. ,) With considerabje trouble we man aged to tow our prize alongside the Lone Star. Upon measuring the car cass we found it fourteen feet from stem to stern—or rather, nose to tail—and no less' than twenty-three in girth. It was an immense biute, sure enough. That night our mariners, long tired ofsalt junk, rejoiced over tender, suc culento and.well flavored hippopotamus steak, for we found. the flesh of the monster remarkably good, even •deli cious. About seven years ago when the old Ladywell shaft, in South Staffordshire, was nigh worked out,'and there were galleries and galleries stretching out, the men sald, for miles of old workings, which they, or even their fathers before them, knew nothing of, and could not find heir way about, it was determined by our owners to sink a fresh shaft and commence working the other t side of the hill, and so leave off working the old mine, for ominous rumors.ofj choke damp and falling roof warned them that it would not be safe much longer. Accordingly the new works begun ; they found a thick seam, and very soon they were in full operation and the old mine deserted. The viewers told the men to avoid the side nearest the old Workings, but the seam ran that way and the men worked and ,vorked till at'last the llie brokq , e_ on'e , nr two small a viewers had'closed as soon it as possible. e. ' ' ' " Theo was at the time In our employ, as vie . % er, or overseer, a man by the name ofrimmins, migid Wesleyan, and a good workman, but of a reserved and more So temper, and with whom the men die \ not care much to meddle. They often Said Black Jack (for such was the nickdame ho went by) was not 'right in his head, and indeed his mann er was at times 'eccentric ; but as I be fore said, he was a s most excellent hand in the pit, and that,was all his employ ers wanted. About that tine the small poX com menced its ravages] dreadfully in this neighborhood, and Tit minx' wife, to whom he was devoitedlY \ attached, be came one of its first 'victims, being car ried off in a very-short time, The loss seemed quite to have changed the man. From a stern religionist, he turned to drink, and no one was more reckless, more debauched and degraded. His employers remonstrated \ with hiin, and told him they would be obliged to part ; that he was only setting\ the men a bad example instead of keeping them out of danger; but remonstrance waS-throwli away, and finally they werb, obliged 'to tell him that at the end of the week he would be discharged. •He went to his work, but after a day or so he was missed, and when paynight came he did not appear at the table; so the cushier said : • , . roars, of eavage 'rasp the . firmly- tremendous teeth, ,k down into the only a •couple of en the air-bubbles L he breathed, to cilinSon -, track as ..aetiy the course d this was direct - lotting together in Tragedy in a Coal Pit "I suppose Tini'mins is drunk again ; he will, come some other time." But the men shook their heads dark ly, ancy sold among • themselves, they never inoughtany good would come of Black Jack. Now it, happened about this time there was - appointed to Our mine a new manager, for the fornier was too old and superannuated. ' Ho came from the coal-fields in the neighborbood of New castle, and was a 'widower with one daughter. Mr. Woodward soon allowed himself ..a clever Man, and.•from the kindness .and ,geniality of his temper made himself beloved among the - men, a race always grateful for kindness.— His daughter Meta was seventeeti;and possessed one of those charming Eng lish faces which to look at was to love. Her bright auburn curls - were elti§tered round a fair, open brow ; dove-like eyes and a sweet mouth 'expressed the gentle ness of spirit within.._ Meta's feature might not; separately, have -been regu lar, but taken as a whole, the effect wa complete.--Her looks, however, were not her only recommendation—he sweet disposition, kindness of heart and charity, endeared her to all he friends. She often visited the work. with herfather, and begged him to let her descend the mine, but he refused. Constant dropping, they say, will wear awny a stone ; and so 'Meta's supplic, - Lion must have worn away her father's resolution, for one day it was settle t that Meta should descend with h r fat - er and a pitman and explore th min:. • They arrived at the new' shat abo t noon, and, after the cage had een a - ranged, Mr. Woodward, .his da ghtei, and 'a mingr named fleccup, descende . They were each provided with candle., and, arriving at the bottom, proceede I to visit the'J men in their several worl - - ings. They had been into several, an were thinking of returning, when, JILL as they came to au intercepting gaiter), a violent gust of wind extinguished a 1 their three candles and lefetheue in pe-- , feet darkness. For the first few m - meats no one .spoke, and then M.. Woodward encouraged his daughter telling her that although doubtless veiy untoward to' be left without a light, still there could be no possible danger, as 11 they would have to do was* to kepi) straight forward, and they would co le to the foot of the shaft, and most lik.ly some of the men would meet or ov q•-• take -them when they could proem a light. Acting on this suggestion, tl ey continued walking on. When they ad entered their pits with their lights, ad were full of confidence, th:) distance tp neared short, but now iii ,the pitc iy, Egyptian darkness it seemed its if tile, could never find -their- way out. IN if utes seemed lengthened into hours, i n still they walked on, and seemed I nearer their - destination. At len! . Meta's delicate frame auCoumbed to mwonted exertion, and sh " Papa; I can go no f no and seek a light; I wil il you return." " I can't, my child," ho 11 remain with you, but =la and bring assistance." At this moment he feltß Ontly draw on one side, vhispered in his ear: '" I donq like to alarm yard, sir but I am afr: intovanderedl the old woi :0, we are! lost." "No, no, that , can't be,' ow terrified father ; " hardly have got in when a were closed." " T heard the men say nt pit's mouth this morning that there had been a great break in the night, but I do think we should have come this ski ," replied the man. "God forbid we shout bell', these workings; but if so, they will misb us, guess where we are and s•arch for us." t "how can each separatparty know but thaL . we have gone up with the oth er? It will - only be i'hen we are missed at home that th y will think what has become of us, ai d before then it will be too late." Mr. Woodward felt th full force of all this, but he would not give way ; so he said aloud to Baccup : " It won't do for us to separate, I think, after all; so you a I d I will man age to carry my daughter between us, and reach the shaft." . The man complied ; rais girl between them, they a L , find their doubtful way. road became rough rind they could now realize, a wandered from the tra , were lost in the old galled the strong men could g( and, laying the young g father seated himself by t] " Meta, darling, we hp from the right track, It less going on in this dal don't khow but we may 1 dering farther from the t tance that will be shortly " I don't know how it i feel a firm conviction that reach home again. I p may be spared, for it was brought us all here." The father gently chid his child for feeling so gloomy, and comforted her as well as ho could ; for he felt, all the time black despair settlin , at his heart, L or now, for the first tim , he realized the peril they really stood in. Hours passed and still no signs of the remised assistance. 1 Their strength be ran to fail ; for where is there anything brat robs one of all strength of purpose and of body as when the Might goddess of Hope takes her departure? Ititwas just at a moment when Mr. Woodward felt his senses leaving him, 'with an an guish, that Meta exclaimed: " Papa, is that a star I see shining in the distance'?" . __ - - They looked and beheld a faint glim mer of light. Hope immediately sprang up again in their minds. They. raised a feeble nun' expediting the ai Stood so much in need o. have a contrary effect, fo: mediately disappeameo. " It can only be the efi tion," sighed Meta. t• Hush !" said Baeupi and see what comes of i, Shortly the light beg again, and presently to figure approach them—ri Man, almost a skeletot locks hang down to his his eyes the tires of ins and flashed. •,* "'Tis Black Jack," cup. And then they heard exclaim : " Who is it that invade• when. after taking all I dear, drove me from the t in hell can't let me rest? He approached, and eyes fell on Ateta, lying insensible. `• Mary, my darling, arl to comfort me? You c Ha! ha! I seo the halo r Men nor devils shan't rushing forward, he rais: girl in his arms and fled t The two men followed could, guided by the salmi s ac's footsteps and the oci 'tiler of his lamp; butane] tion they were no match f speed of the madman. 11 lost him, but still keep' same, direction, they sa ,light; and presently arri of an old, disused shaft. 'thls shaft there had been ty which the miners in t ascended, as well as desce pit; but they were decay Neverthele, it Was evi this asceut.the maniac 1 his burden. s, The two men'looked at each other in dl Shay, and then prepared to ascend.— After a struggle they reached the top, and thothst thing that met their eyes was Meta, lying on the ground insensi ble, and ' Timming emerging from a ruined out-house with a vessel of water in his hand. He advane d toward the form of the unconsciou girl, but the moment his eyes fell on t c approaching figures of the two men "Wretches!" he 'exclainied, "1 thou ht I had dis tanced you; ,but never ut nd ; ' you shant part.us again—she is my own, my beau tifulNy Wide!" And-before the agoniz d father or the astoniSlied miner could i terfere, he had seized the poor girl in hi arms rushed to the pit's mouth, and jumpedl down, full 'three hUndred feet, whence the ' mangled bodies of the maniac ant his victim were taken out that night. Rochester., Biffalo, S jersey. Shore We take from the S Perry, N. Y., the repo I tee which lately visi Valley to examine the the Jersey Shore and road, in so far as it app tint to the subject. The sisted of Messrs. Sand and Whitiitck, nod yet vine the Bth of M' Coin inittee report: " On Tuesday niorpiii vine and followed up t Genesee River to Bet settlement near the Si weather being very nit' tug rapidly disappeal beck decided to lotto ii get home with l'iis sleig Hitchcock and Mr. passages Oil a hay-racl' vania farmer, who too' Ulysses, 'otter Co., Pt cnesce River. "`l'o this taint we 1 Valley'of the River. at no mote feasible rou can be found in the ei told that` practical Ei through the walks' au i- a road could be built I d Leis of Life kienesee t , ICI grade that would nc h .feet to tile mile at any I o At Ulysses we eve .3 exclaimed. rther,; leave I remain un- ning to Brookland, seven miles beyond, 1 and twenty-six miles from Wellsville. ' Between these points lies the sum mit; or the dividing line of the waters of the Genessee and Pine Creek. Here, within a radius of three miles, com-; mence three streams, one of which flows North through the Genesee to Lake Ontario, another South- through Pine Creek and the Susquehanna River to Cheaspeake Bay, and the, third West through the Allegheny and Ohio Riv ers to the great Mississippi. Over this summit a road) can be easily construc ted on a gradelof less than eighty feet to the mile, a fact that has, been ascer tained by actual survey. We learned from Mr. Dent that a sur vey for a Railroad, from Jersey Shore up Pine Creek to the State line, was made in 1864, and. ho furnished us a copy of the Report and Map of the route. Instead of running direct to the State line, two branches were surveyed from the point of intersection of Marsh and Pine Creeks, nearly fifty miles North of 'Jersey Shore, one running West to Olean and the other East, con necting with the Corning &BlossbiArg Railroadlat Lawrenceville. From-Jer sey Shore' to Brookland this survey runs on the line now proposed, and we thus have accurate and complete informa tion inl regard to more than fifty miles of our'route. replied ; " Baccu t p can ecup's,t: and and a (voice Miss Wood- Id we have kings, and it ' replied tho we couldn't 11 the breaks From the Report we learn that the estimated expense for graduation, ma sonry, bridges, superstructure and fen cing, making the whole ready for, the iron, on this portion of the road, was only $8,130 per mile. Judging from the appearance of the country, it is our opinion that this covers the most diffi cult and mose expensive portion of the route between Jersey Shore and Roch ester. Pine - Creek 'SAlley is the centre of a tract of country containing over $,500 , square t 41es, upon which the Age o Steam at tii Iron bas made no impresS.---: Through ' this vast area, abounding in valuable Timber, Coal, Iron Ore, etc. ; no Railrcad •is to he found; and Its im mense sources of treasure are undelel oped, and must remain so until the ad vent of the locomotive. • [ ng the young atn essayed to But soon the broken, and ice they had ik that they 1 is. At length 1 8 no 4further, Irl clown, the i er and said : ye wandered tvould be use kness, as we e only wan ;id and assis eeking us." pa, papa, but I [I shall never ay that you g y folly that The Timber consists of Hemlock, Pine, Oak, Beech, Maple, etc. Its ex tent is apparently unlimited. From the Report above referred to, we learn that over one !Mildred millions feet of manufactured Lumber is now sent out per annum from this region, under ex traordinary difficulties. Besides,-more than fifty millions feet .of Saw Logs float down Pine Creek every year to the Mills on the Susnuelbanna River. • In regard to the Coal,. the best scien tific authorities assure us that l af the 10,- 000 square miles of workable Coal lands in the State, over 1,000 squat - wiles are located along Pine. Creek lid in the region tributary thereto. coMparative ly nothing has been done toward get ting out Coal in this region, for the reason that there is no way Of getting it to market. A sufficient quantity has been taken out and tested, ho.vever, to prove that it 18 the best quality of Bi tuminous Coal in the ;::slatql This net ion of country iilso abounds in Iron Ore. At a point! eight miles North-West ofithe juncti6n of Marsh and Pine Creeks, is abed froth which considerable ore of the best quality has been taken. - 'l'lle farming lands of this region are of course hardly up to the Westehl New York standard ;—and yet it is by nu means the barren Wilderness that many suppose. For stock and dairy purposes their lauds will not suffer by comparison with Allegany , , Cattaraugus and other Counties of our State. We remained With Mr. Dent until 'Wednesday morning, when he furnish ed us a team and a driver, and we started down the valley. Sixteen miles below we put up at the ]zaac Walton Hotel, kept; by Mr, H. Vermilye. Although it rained all clay long, we drove out three miles from here up Elk Run to aPlaster Mill. This secition abounds in _Plaster Stone, and the tfarmers there pronounce it superior to the Cayuga Plaster. Returning to the Hotel we put up for ' the night, and spent the evening with S. X. Billings, Esq., who resides here. 11E1'. B. owns 20,000 acres of land in a tract running East and West along the Creek. It is covered with valuable Timber, and he sends-a large quantity down the stream every year. He had about four millions feet ready to roll in to the water at the time we were there. 4Shout, but far 4sistance they f, it seemed to • the light im- ct of imaghaa keep silence to glimmer could see a I I was that of a His black I vaist ' _while in pity gleamed hispered Bac the madman my last home, (held near and ,arth, and even suctilenly his n the ground I . you returned Iwo back to 1g and her head. art us!" and d the fainting `way. as fast as they 1 I of the mani asional glim their exhaus pr the frenzied We left the Izaac Walton Hotel on Thursday morning, with Mr. Dent's team, and after dragging' over are ground about three miles,' we directed our driver to return. Shouldering or baggage we pushed ahead, a /aVesto , , to the Grant House, kept by G. N . Herrington, making only six miles be fore dinner. This Hotel is located co& the bank of the Creek, and directly op posite we were shown 4,000 acres of Pine Timber in which the axe has never beenintraduced. hey gradually ng on, in the a gleam of led at the foot To the side of fixed , ladders, ie olden time :nded, into the d and frail.— ident that up ad fled with After partaking of an excellent din ner, Mr. Herrington ordered up a fine team and accompanied us on our jour= ney. Two miles below we called upon George Leib, Ef. , q., Agent for IThelps, Dodge & Co. This firm own ten square miles of land here, and have very ex tensive;mills at Jersy 6horejo From here we drove to„ the Coal mines on Wilsfin's Creek, thirteen miles below, and four miles from Pine Creek. We first visited a mine on the right bank of the Creek, owned by Joseph 1 Mitchell. This mine wits opened latt fall, runs directly into the side of the mountain, and the drift is now from eighteen to twenty rods deep. It meas ures four feet and on linch ill thickness. About 500 tons of Cti I have been taken out. On the opposite side of the Creek is a mine owned by the Magee estate. The drift here runs into the'mountain thirty two rods, and it is fOur feet and six inches thick. This mine is three miles long and two miles wide. Ninety feet farter up the mountain is another Mine of about the same size and thick-_ mess. The saMples of Coal which we here with present, we take frbm the above mines. It is harder than, he Blossburg Coal, can be used in either stoves or grates, makes a hot lire, burns down to a clear ‘vhito ash, and gives no offensive smell. From these mines Mr. Herrington Wok t i to the County-beat ate Line and R. R. In ' published at It of a Commit ti Pine Creek I,roposed route of itate Line Rail this to hi:: essen- Coturnititee eon ,rs, likeheock, nit from Wells ireh inst. Tho of '1 . 1%,;2.il hore We ladV,el.l ou I!tur:.day Lveunig, On Friday morn ing we enjoyed a tide of eighteen miles i n a -.1:,:412, , v0nc1i to followed a Coal to Corning, and at 7,30 P. M. tack the -Lightning Expres..s on the Erie Rail \Kay tin. home. To p,ive ip brief the result of our oh t-ervation and iliquity, we say -1: