_
.
IoB4II4er"igAPNIVEZEISPP.;\4* 1.
jilt ,propriotorahavestookedtheastabliehm e
with a new a varie asoortment of
JOB AND CARD, TYPE
AND FART
st ki Are vrepared to akeotiteheatlrand promptly
yoSTERS, HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS, n/LL
HEADS, CARDS, PAIIPHLRTS, 6co.i &e.
peed!, Mortgagee, Losses, and'afull aasottment
of Constable)? and Susanna' Blanka on hand.
People living at - a distance can depend on biter,-
i n g their work done promptly and - Bent back in
return mail. _
- romsorap. , 2.,
,)31::k LODGE, ,No. mooto at thelillOi I
O'er Dr. Eoy's drug store, on ,Tueodtty evettlng, cfi. or'
hvfore t he Full Moon, at 7 o'clock P.M.
011 APTER, No. 194, R. A. Si., nieets at the
114, on Thursday evening, on or before the Full
moon, at 7 o'clock P.
TIOGA COUNCIL, No. 81, E. et B.BIASTBItB, meets at
the Hall, on the- third Friday of each, calendar
WWI, at '7 o'clock P. ISL.
•AO A rrToN COMMANDERY, No. 28, of KNIGHTS
IF,APLA6, and the .appendant orders, meets at the
• thdl, on the first Fehlayl - ot each - calendar month'; at
;',s'clocic P. )1
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
MT IL ILIA it4ll[.-
TORNEY AND CO. iiSELOR AT LAW
t i t ioce, Bounty and'Ponsion Agency, Main
Welleboro, Pa., Jan.'1,1888:"
Wril, GARRETSON,
tiTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Notary Pablie and Insurance Agents Bless
t,or:, Pa., over Caldwell's Store, '
GEO. W. MERRICK,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Mee with W.R. Eolith, Esq., Main Stioet,
oppusito Union Dlocii,Nyollsl4oto, Pa.
July 15, iB6B. - • `- • :
MEM
- D. *Eight - LC & t
iIIObb'SALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers in
Wall Vapor, fier'osone Lamps; Window Glass,'
Perfumery, Paints and ,Oils, tro.,,dco.
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1,1868,1 y.
F. WILSON. :Nix.r.s.
WILSON & NILES,
•
tifORNEYS & COUNSti,i)ItS, AT LAW,
; First door from Bigoney's, on thO Avonuo)—
will attend to business entrusted to their care
in the counties of Tioga and Potter: .
NVellshoro,Jiin. 1, 1868.'"' • '
JOHN L MITCHELL
kTORNEI: AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Millsboro, Tioga Co., P.I. • - ,
Claim Agent, Notary Public; and Insurance'
Agent. Ro will attend promptly to collection of
i'ea,,ious, Back Pay and Bounty. As Notary
Public ho Mips acknowledgements of deeds, ad
moisten orths; and. will act as'Couttritssiopur 'to
Like, testimony.
..„30:1 -Office over Roy's Drug Store,
,Ijiining Agitator Office.—Oct. 30. 1367
John W. GuerusoV,
11ORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
returned to this county with a view of
aitking it his permanent 'residence, solicits a
-lore ofd public patronage. All 'business en
trusted to his care will be attended to with
kromptriess and fidelity. Office 2d door south
ut V. S. Farr's hotel. Tioga, Tio,in Co., Pa. -
,opt.
JOHN. IL SUAKSPEARE,
RAPER AND TAILOIt. Shop . over John R.
Nwen's Store. lAD. Cutting, Pitting, and
Repairing dono promptly and in best style.
we1151.);)ro, Pa.. Jan. 1,1868-1 y •
GEORGE •WAGNER- 4 . •
AILO4, Shop first door north of L. A. Sears's
Shoo Shop.utting,Sitting, anditepair
in*.lone promptly and well.
welkbor.o, Pa., Jan. 1 ,1565.71 Y•
JOHN ETNER,
TAILUIt AND CUTTER, has opened p shop
on Crititoic street, rear ofSears Jr, Derby's shoe
?hop, wherehe is prepared to manufacture gar
ments to order in the most stibstantial manner,
and with di:Amu:h. Particular attentilon pull
to Cutting and Fitting. March 26,106-1 y
Dr: C. IL. Thompson.
{Vi gt.t..ftiltottotztgu-T - 4.1: 7 +,-- •
Will attend to Professional calla in tlitt_, • _villago,
‘ 4 l,2llticoro and elsewhere.
o\llce and IteAllence on State St. 2d door on
llte rigid goi'i East. PULIe. 24, /Biis.
- 11
D :.c )N; M. D., late of the 2d Pa. Cavalry, after
four years of army service, with a large
npwu~da In itch' and hospital practice, has opened uu
~
for the practice of medicine and surgery, in all
mclies. Persons from a distance can .find good
,rding ht the Pennsylvania Hotel when desired.—
\ i.ft any ' , Alt of the State In consultatiou, or to
,nrgical operations. No. 4, Union Block, up
cure. Weilshoi o. Pa., May 2,1864.+1y.
Wm. B. Smith,
SO.X.VELLE, Pa. ,Pension, Bounty, and In.
i lmr,tnee Agent. Communications sent 'the
addrebs will receive prompt attention.
Term 4 moderate. [Jan 8,1868-1 y)
' Thos. D.Brydon.
srp,vEynit d DRAFTSMAN.—Orders left,at
nium, Townsend hotel, Weßebore, will
aect with prompt attention.
Jan, 13.1.8t17.—tf. 1 •
R. E. 014VE:If f
DEALEit in CLOCKS do AEiIvALRy, SILVER
PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Violin Strings,
, Mansfield, Pd. Watches and Jew
airy neatly repaired.
_Engraving done in pinin
Erglidi and Germs:lw - liseptl37.-Ty:
Irairdressing &
isloon over Willcox Barker's Store', Wells
-to, Pa. Particular attention paid to Ladies
ddr•cutting, Shampooing, Dyeing, etc, Draide
coils, and stvicties on Land and made to or
.
la.
11. W. DORSEY. J. JOHNSON.
J. G. PUTNAM,
'FILL WRI(IIIT—Agent, for all 'the best
11.1. TURBINE' WATER. WIIBEL. - Alen
f I,, 6“fireo thicilla.ting4loy,etnenc for Gang and
;L1.%) Saws,
l'a., Aug. 7, 1038, lyt
C. L. ,WILCOX ;
Doer in D 1;X UOODS of all kinds, llardwale
inkuu Notions. Our assirtmout is large
pi tees low. Storo in Union Block. Call
gostleitiaU.—may 20 1808-Iy. -
PtTROLEIIM F/OUSE,
VESTPUILD, PA., GEORGE CLOSE, Propri
• tter. A new noted conducted on the principle
alive ;,0,1 lot live, for the accommodation of
the pultlic.—Nov. 14; 1866,--ly.
HAZLETT'S HOTEL,
11(.i A, TIOOA C,OUNTY, PA
itu.al *tabling, attached, and an attentive hos
Aiwa's= tiend,t ace 9
n. IV. iiAZI.I4I',
111ILFS HOTEL,
Ei:VF11:1,1) Borough, Tioga Co. Pa., E. 0.
Prvriotor. A now and commodiou.s
(Holding with all tho modern improvements.
, Within easy drives of thebost hunting and Bell
in; grounds in Northern Penn'a. Conveyances
intnished. Terms. tupdorato• - •
VA 5 18113-1 v '
IZAAK WALICON HOUSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.
1 9RACE C. 1'11:1DI.1 LYEA, .I'notou. This is
• 1113 W hots! located within easy access of tho
ce,st fishing and hunting ! grounds lie „North-
Ponnsylvania, No pains will be spared
[to: rho Accommodation of Pleasure seekers and
r.tveling public). ' [dart. 1,1568.]
Bounty and Pension Agency.
AviNo received ildlnitelnstruction E.i n reg.7ril to
th., extra bounty tillowed by the net apyroved
haVing on band n large aupply of ail
"try 1, 1:tuk8 ; J prepared'to prodeciate all pen
claim/3 which may be placed in my
l '''r , eittiliving at • ;JAW:ince can communicate
uy fetter. and their coininunieiti s "%Oil be
W.ll. It. 8 31 I,T II .
"'1,9c0.0c10tier24,186t3
1- lI'RKNESS dr, RILEY,.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS,
or" Wit,s, tr . ;Van Valkenburg's Store, in the
tote/u occupied by . Benj. Seeley.
Doors AND SHOES of all kinds made to
°tiler and in the boat manner.
O :PAIRING of all klndil dont) promptly and
gm': Clive us a call. -
JOHN HAEKNESS
WM. REILEY.'
Vfellehro,Jan.2,lB6B-Iy7
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- EIAMIttA, N. Y.—
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`GOOD AS TIIE;BEST,-CA.FAP'AS , TI/.13 O.IIPAPEST:
; Of eVerY • tletieriptiiiii, in etyldeof Binding,
'and as low, fox quality of Stook, us any Bindery
in the - State t Voltiiiios-.9fr,every deseription
Bound in tiro?best.m4onoan# si-ijo;er
-Idered. •.
ALL KINDS OF GILT. WORK
,Exeoued, ig thtk best mariner, 0151 t 3
Boplcg -
bound and' iiindo'gobd" as no*. ' ' " '
Emxe;ylwiwpistimloriktri
COhll'Ll T) .YOUR svag. ,
am prepared to fereiph,•back.,uun2.4orrecve.ll
Reiiciiceor, ‘ lge:gazirier Pribliihed tkettilted .
Bittee or GI-odt Brifiln,at leir'Ptlei.
BLANK BOOK OTHER' PAPER,
Drell size's and qualities i on hand, ruled or plain .
DILL HEAD PAPER,
Of any quality or size, on , hand and out - up ioudy
for printing. Also, BILL PAPER, and CA11.1.)
BOARD ot all colors and quality, in boards or
cut to any size.
STA.VOiXE - Ryc'
. •
Cap, Letter *lite 'lPapee,
Peu.§, Peiicila; &e:
•
I am sole agent for
Prof. SHEPARD'S 'NON . ..CORROSIVE
PENS, or VAEIOUB SIZES: FOR LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN,
Which I tvili warrant eqttal to abld.Pens - .7-I , The
host in ipic . nnti no mistake.;
The above stoclil vvillsellartho Lowest Rates
at all times, at a small adVanee on- New, Yori
prices, and in quantities' to' 'Suit purclsnsers. All
work and stock warranted as represented.
I respectfully Solicit. a share' ot.public patron
age. Orders by mail proMptly attended
Address, LOUIS ii LES,
Advertiser Building,
Elmira N.Y.
Sept. 26, 1867:4 y
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Law
roacovitto, Tioga County, Office
_over
Goorgo hioLoon,o BoOt - '4AgiO•Storo. tloittPttt_
attouttod to with promptness. stir. 7t11, 1 69-1 y.
DEALER IN - DRY "OopDS;',9rodori6s, Ahrd
ware, Boots, Shoos,
nor of Market nud Grafton streets, WeltsbotY
Pa. Jan. 6, 1868.
'E. S. Perkins, M.. D. -
Respectfully announces to the' citi z ens of East
Charleston and vicinity, ..that he" ,- trould he
grateful for their patronage. Office at the
store of Cooper and Kohler. Mar. 24th '69-Iy.
E. M. SMITH, having purchased the hotel
property lately owned by L. 11. Smith' has
thoroughly refitted the hotel, and can accom
modate the trairolingpubbc,in a.:l3l3perior
:ea niter. „Vitjarch'g.4.o.,)'o9-,:,tr;:;
KEYSTONE HOTEL.
SABINSYIhLE, Tioga, County, Pa., .3. 'Bonn,
Proprietor. s.itinveiniont to ' - 'tho -hest fishing,
, grounds in Tioga, FishiOg-pa'rtiois
wodated with ppaviiyancefi. ()pod entertain
:,lu9tit tap ratan dud
•
-'ll l 6b 'eettizerv! "
/1111 E undersigned leas iitti2d up tee'ulil
I dry building, near the Brewery,•Wellsboro,
and is !MIN prepared to turn out flue call; kip,
cowhide, and harness leather in the hest map
llides tanned on shares. Cash paid Tor
hides. M. A. DUMF. ,
Wellsborn, Oct. 14, ISGS.
UNION HOTEL.
MiNtE, WATKINS, PROPRIETOR. , -
ILTAVIZia fitted np a wits' iotoi Uuildino on;,tlieisito
JCL of:the ohl union Irotel,:latelypestroyed by fire,
L :tat 220 'IV ready td redeive nod -cifitertaiii guests._ tn.
Union note' was inOnded for Temperance House,
and Proprietor believes it can be euetnined Without
grog. Au attoutive hoeller,iu , attendance; , ;
IVO Morn, Juno 20,1007. • , • •
E. It. 1111‘113Alj„
GROCERY AND -RESTAURANT,
One door 41Mvii 'hie Mont" Market,
_ AVELLO3ORO,
RESPEOTEULY announces to the trading
public that ho has a desirable stock of tiro
conies, comprising, Tens, OoffeeS,,Spices, Sugars,
Molasses, Syrups, and all that constitutes a fast-
Class stock. Oysters in every style at all sea
sonable hours.,
,
Wellsboici, Jan: 2; 1967—tf. •
WALUEII, & LATHROP.
, • • DEATams. Irl
. §TE,EII,,
S7'OVES, TIA-IVAA.E,7
BELTING, SAIVS CUTLEBY
9
WATER LIME,
A(IRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Carriage and Harness Trimmings,
HARNESSES, SADDLES,,ViI#- . 1
2,1867-1 y .,•
Corning, N. Y., Jan.
H EAR, YE 1 HEAR )7 1.1 1 HEAR YE
lIARERLS, FIRKINS, CHURNS,
BUTTER !PULS,
Kept conetantlS , orybitrld,lind ferniithe'd to or
der, by' 1
W. T. MATH:EMS,
n.t hb rteir,etorq, 24 door ttboyp
Wellsboro. /June 10, 1868.)
THE Buffalo Platform ficales, all ordinary
1.
sizes, for heavy, and, counter ttso, may.. be
found at the Hardware ,Store-of ; Rollerts,,
Wellsboro. These Scuba rirnlheiPtili•banka=prit=
ant and have no superior anywhere. They are
madoin the best style add hove taken the premi
um at all the groat -
I have the sole agonci for these Scales iu ,this
region: WILLIAM. ROBERTS:,;: , t
Welliboro, Peb. 12, Hitt&
•• . Proprietor
, .
New 'Tobacco Store!' - • '
, „“.= ,
rff-111R subscriber bas titie4l tip the' ropy's VA
,
R juicing D. I'. Roberts Tin elidS'reye Stor'e
Iliftbe manutactura an rzale (11
CIGARS, (all grades), Fancy and Cornthon
SMOKING' TUBA CO 0, Michigan Pine Cut
- CITE WING, and all kinds of., ..
PLUG TOBACCO, PIPES, and the chni
cad Brand of
/7.,?:1" Call and sop fqr
.TORN IV. I'IJIZ.SI:IL
IVoll-boro, Nov, 11, I,si;:3—tf.
ELK RUN PL4STER.--W i e ineteby i .;eortify,
that wo have used the Plaster inanittactured
by Chatnpneyak,Bernatier; at thoir.‘torks on 11lk
Run. in Haines township, anti we believe it to be
equal it' not superior to the Oayuga Plaster. '
?David Smith S M °unable A B.C.ene.
11 Cobb H C F4IIIIIIOEIB J Dartmoor
W Barker Ara Smith B Strait
:S 13 Davis Albert King job& C Miner
J H Watroms Wll Watrous L L Marsh
It M Smith OA Smith -,.11 M Fool()
J D Starlit: P C Van Ge'Jar J J Smith
Jilted Davis J F Zitiameriaai(' 'C L King -
L L Staith.l
N. B.—Pladt6r always on hand at the Mill.—
Prlealb pay ten. ; , 4,0 v. 4, 1868.
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John C. llorton,
C. B. KELLEY
Smith's Hotel,
LTIOCA, PA.I
,Yealcs! 'Scales ! ~Scales !
TO FARAIERS
.'li ti aal
Q!7...',1
NAtiO' 40%110.
Ll n ati t c
r ifebn )1 1 1.i;? t 44
following poem, wore, we conceive, for the lesson
it convils , than, foeliny partioalq.4ioetio niirit It
,
,Dlh:StAiYhb i ,Lllllii i3iiiitil ag
W dli wh4tFciefr ho bilth l oop
.en , „,
-
Thin '
Thrietrbappyi, l he';‘,ll6, ~11; 11 - If is t-ciot.`.. i
• , A .
Byitiereo ambitibntisstiWoonsatned ;
'Neuth Heaven's exult° to cheer his lot, i
IS.sveet flowers Ilvo.hlootnea... • ,
. .•,„ , .
I 'sSw.n. matt iirli6. On Time's score
' 'flad . not It'et 'fechOiYed thirty years; ,-
And yet full thrice had liifed them o'er, ,
LI borrowed fears.
- .
A - l , ~ , .
Ilia''reAait Wai . boni-litinut•tiiiii,liaiiii; '•'''-' " 1 . i
_llia limlii itro weak—laiit'eyea wero dila ; `it '
Etirth'A,glorioua asnaons came and want, , :
IStit'n'tTfor: him.
Yet',Hcaven had blest him, wall at first, 1
With. wind, and piney, and ample store; i
But! still his heart in sderct nursed 1
I A wish for more. . '''- i
1
Ho otild-not, resi ti.
n Etit I leiStOP, 4
i k-
Milt: oti} rs li ' d ,p kb4:r seat; ' ''.
,
E.O Eury to his lie No o ircpt,
- 1 "To 'grlawAntia 0 t. ,-,... i
Thungh fortutto.sitkiled,ulnng his 'way ). _
nd home was eloquent with bliss;
Ile never knelt aside to say,
"Thank Goa for this!"
Leaven tithritoleikhti:yenis;', .
Upon whesu trin! /U 41 3, waged
The ,reettr4 at o 9r , ett,ttrol loins
*W - htell'he hatkb'ruied.
1 ' • :
xiiy•Avi,,, , ,vivsi , uuyabt r unir.hitt (s,Yo' '
tut 10.1.40 ins the,,kvo-.01 Youth; •- •
cheerful Hnile seemed to defy
Care's 1111h1esti tooth
"Father," I cried, "though full of years,
"Thy brow is smooth, thy smile is glad;
`• A pilgrim through a vale of tears,
"Yet uever sad;
"Pray, tell ma how thou host past through
" So scathless—Vorth's continual strife ?
'At what, sweet,'4'riiktlidirtliuwre'niT
t'
• ' ;,•, .
Tbe: lalii in short," said he—r•tbilik nut
"Life's sweets were mine, unmixed with gall;
1 4 ", But, ,I„etmtent9tl wit !tiny lot, , ,
• . `' , •Wirt.?.;nnn Cion ron ALL!"
Aug: 25;1i3542 - M. H. Conn
41,liorellantoxo gentling.
OF"rILE
H ON. ..,RANG ,
Of Tioget C'otrntij, the ITOitse of Rep.
resentativcB, un Thursday Evening,
March 25, 186 U, on (4c Joine .Zecoptu,
tlO. 10"*c41,1f,y thc,.Proposert. „Pilteenth
42Re . nilg izent to:44e,4 l OnetitutiOn of the
United States.
i - .,11 . , .. ri-441 . 4 ,L A - 4 . 4 ii,-,-thr::6, p . F aic.9T;t.tiinitT
sit,k,it ;vices or.d, -AfaCaulaY :whfo, 4 in :11118
~ brititiiefil`bf,a:. : Cdrilih h'o'of:; 'said of it,
-"thattlietitlelpagb was long enough;
for -any, .boots ; " and,', the book itself
weighed just sixty pounds avoirdupois.
Substitute exordium for preface, state
ment and argument for book, and the
avoirdupois weight, for peroration, and
the criticism would be a just one as ap7
plied to the Democratic speeches in op,
position to the resolution now pending;
This arises, Mr. Speaker, not from
any intellecualdpfFrierity - cht tlfe.:!part
,Of our Denopia* 'friends wlio4ave
'bee te draggitig„tthei r Weary4,wiPyth rbugh
thisleng debater, (- but - ,sunply be - Cause;
with the exception of some fiery young
soldierit like the gentleman from Clarion
[Mri , • Brown]; , ::or- the . . :gallant t•Yotirkt
crithader. froth • Philadelphia (Mr. 'Rog,
eA], they 'have nci heart in this debate;
And when we consider for a moment
the terrible demands ' which :from the
time they were first called upon to un4
dertake the sickening, task of so de-,
moralizing and debauching public sen-!
timent as to make shiVery,' and not
freedom, the law of ' , this .nit,tion, have
been made upon them,'-as, - .well'-as the
stunning defeat which has attended
every attempt on their . part to? subsidize
all the Ipewers 'of this geverti'Ment 'in
theUitereSt of the slave power, it is no
wonder new that slavery is dead, and
.the faIEP and miseratdepNyalry t which
was _folliiclOdi .o .i
n', it „extitS, „itid
mine'bf As.E t tiiq•iiumljß*o leftiAQ tie
fend—,
-1
nothin ;„lWthe,'ntikedwtinpro.:
yoked, tight at, inst a down trodden hu
1 4
to—it left th —it is no wonder, Mr)
Speaker, that vith broken and decinia-'
tett ranks, they advance, with faltering
step, in this last grand charge. against
the poor negro. They are bravo men, -
but the task their party has set them is
one to
-be performed, not by brave men,
404 1 Awaitts ; and they feel it. The
:‘•ftfAillitiofin gone, the social distinct
ions which were built upon it g one, the
political influence - it exercised all gone—'
nothing lett hitt the ' Poor; naked, nu-;
armed, defenceless negro—you ask these.
Democratic veterans ofa hundred fights,
who had:bet:wheaten' 'in :lilt 41.1 - 4r greet'
. i.lsne, between' righPapd,wrong,ito turn
np r w f t:i sitriPlp,l*yenge and, strike him.
r repeat, Mr. SPeaker, it is no wonder
they are ashamed to perform the duty
inaliosed upon them and seek refuge in
' gitestibui44of ethnology; disSertations' On
climatic influences, of the discussion
of vague propositions of constitutional
and institutional law,
The truth is, Mr. speaker, that aside
froßt the'great struggle which from the
gtwilwki;o(e.Wiqation bas been going
onbe , •eell Tight aUll wrong, the argu-
meat on this particular form of the
question began at Suiriter and:ended. at,
AppOnnittOx.i 7 - tnace_bas, Peep, mere
k, itiule~ aiOng for,the cooling °Rile
metal Which had been poured from.
the crucible of war into, tl,ewtould of
_
have'Fiedn from;
the belgiiiniiig"'that:if‘tthe itegrci' was
ifiti6ditiotirtieesS titile;•aS a'•matter of
2tieti,'heeeliitifty , blith to him and our
.sel ves, Antis fin d t ni en; of
`tiiisclaks,' Whatever their 'party fealty
retitiire them to say for the purpose
of inflaming the passions of the ignor
ant, have accepted the situation.
- -Mr.- Speaker, I have failed to compre
hend either the importance or the ap
plication of the principal propositions
that_ have bqexehiborined by the oppo
;lie:Ascot' 0114 o*.iillleut,
VheireonStithtf nal argument may
he briefly stated - thus : It is unconstitu
tional to, amend the QonStitution, iikthe
P'reseritici& fhb' ConStittition,
be.cause the (;onstitiitiou,when„a mend
ed, Will be the Conftitu
tiotius it ;),vas , before ainended,
.
accordance with the ptovisions oft l he
Ceit4tittition.'rThiS- r
O
; fair and ! ..nll.,.ppedshitem of all cvering,asent:._of, the ,entireargument, stri
presented in one_ guise -, or , .another: by
e.very.,Demoerat .who has spoken on
this subSect , ,,and Othough'its force may
WOO WAY apparent to' ' 'a Denitierretce
constitutional lawyer, I tonfess that to
a plain man,likeqnM'lf it, see. l / 4 0 ,en.
tirelylskti;Subtle: Tor. - prdi.bftrY,' . coMPre-r
bensiati. 'WO arelding what the'Con
stitution provides we may do in the
precise manner,it pmitribes, :Audi that,
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Mffi
t,WolAld steelni - 1 leaves; t n, narrow
margin.for constitutional:argument." , -
- ,: , •:ButWei , tolaltordithe ,- Repiiblican'-party
has beeirincimaistentl- voted'lig.tinst
the "Ilickmati amendment."' 'Well,
5P13,00,k - liiiAhf3f4 l 4,, 411.013 . Pipt , ent onthis
find AYery4"Other - ,- question, doei3 ithat
•lnake.this,prdpeSitiontrighter.-Wrong!?
In regard-to his charge, it may - bol•said
tliatf..the reformer - -agitates "a , . question
Alwaya Pinstant tirf,dseason- ' , but of
season." - The demagogue , agitatedAvhba
personal or:p arty, ends • are'. to be secured.
TheArnestatesmiln seizes the,hpu r when
object his iyeachi and
reaches the fittlfrultion l of -years of. pa
ht ,waiting : ap weltas,of toil„, Indeed
.that,',"it,,waa harder
•tQ-Nraitt:o44 w4rlc,?! . • •• _J.
The truth is, M. Speaker, that-on
tins. Atiestlart,,, nothing., -more, can be
:the :Republica
',Party thaw. thatlit :ha& sagacit
enough to interpret and honesty_enoug
;tpneeept ;events. While
• he:L.enio'eriitic the:ll66r
has-learned iiothiiigi)is“or,Ottq:k
nothing, all thia'"talle, RC
publican party - liaVing - donspired to set.
ifree the Aegro,.ppuspired '.make hit
uteaionapired:to.nguic
the Democratic party ;!_andiallfthis talk
,about , 4/IY , ',Of: 4 these , i things • being., the
:resultlotatepublican conspiracies; is se
transparentlhAt I thinly , we ought...Mit
to have the:and4citor„or ~the unfairness
,to OLIO fli'6'heiielit'ofg,leso _admissions
by.pnr,,opponetih3; althongh:On the score
of-Intinauity they.mako.in , ourifavor.„
,• thia::. ( l. l ho•Almights ,
commanded us to "let the people igo:;,. •
- we -resisted ,7and the plagues cania. We
only stoppedt:lvhon- , :r-w,,e, reached the
banks of the'Red Sea. The Democrats
have cOntinueittlieTpnrsuit; fin d
eliginph '•us'all Ogothee. '' •
1311 t'- r di# ose
pr,c)ifilia - ',' is, .:itioderitt,l4;wd,ndeiftilly,
w last year 111404 iit494,the,")*iplp
lfeiideil," • clocked -silinn.ed,! ) ,! , , ;"lOng
heeled," "lubber-lipped . nigger," this
year mildlyr,hoxving j like, the gentleL
man frox AZoiitgomerY
sa Y'graerel'ally — ,fo - 5 . their, <!'plOred s 'friends
in the, 03114y,,`•,p4ti`en3cti, the' cob:
Orca..l)c.F.s l -autlP".i't - We. 13.1`.
'though : Ore:not,: very , 'certain,' of'• that,
that we belong to - different races, .and
therefore one of us ought not. to vote,
and you will pardon ug`for insinuating,
under the circumstances, that if one of
us is to bekdeprived‘okthe prh'ilege, it
had i liitft, he yohin) iii
Otlie'rl of - don l7 t parties
objeet — Ori,,, account of race or
color . fitit t. the Vegro 'IS ignorant—not'
qualified to vote by education and culti
vation:' "Well,'Wodoubthe' 14'
but to the Democrat who .puts his oh,.
jection onitliattri3thid,'lsointnend the
following extract from the Legislative
Record of 1868 : • •
" John S.3asey, sworn ; 'I was working
on the tailread fol.; Mr.--Collins - at the
October (1807) election; was boarding
in Phillipsburg,' where I veted With the
other men ;. Mr. Leide took me up to
vi)t.e. ' gave Me...the naturalization papers
and the tit;b:et,: ptil it. Au. 1: paw,.
rea4 ir %isAplortint as a baste.'? • 1
:A 1 14.-YBft this man-,who for telling:the
trutli.was foully murdered; le, a fair type
of,a.bunclrecl tholfsand'Betnecratie -
ters; and oiirtl)iiiiieeratii3,:frie'eds think
the negreds •tOti , 4g - heiiint to vote:
think admonday-du0tmt..0.a,.........m....5.Thc..._
thing about - ednsisteney being a jewel;
&c. - - -•
So far. as the danger of negro eqUalitY;
abont,wliieh,:wohave heard•so much=
.I;have to-say, thatlr the ore
uted‘the n'egro-y(iiir superior dr my - su l
perior, neither you - ncirl eon 'helps it i
and- I think the' maiiorivonlini ivho' is
reallY afraid -the "ribdttt Vo"be
his,or her 4itie'rior - i.k riot 'Vdry',l'4,`t• from
ab e ut `equttl, to: a' negro ADV.,
401te'r, very 49Tiops
'disiXote,w r i.th nay, friOn ,•on - . the, other
Side on,questiOns; of ethnology of -races;
and.for the:sake of ,ithe .argument, am
willing to concede almost, anything on
that heath, Indeed,' I have a - Food-deal
of-pride of-race myself, and-rather like
those argutherits , Whieli go to prove the
Caucasian superior. • •
I remember seeing it somewhere said,
of a ;0.. - elebrated novelist, who
was said to have seine, negro blood in
his veins,'-thdt on being' elosely pressed
by sOnfe. - eutions gehtlealan oh the sub
ject, who, pursuing his pedigree. up to
his'gretit-gretit'grat.dfater,ASkettyliat
Was? An ape,", 'sir;
,thiiiidered-the
excited novelist. "My pedigree' began
where yours
fso, while I do not, charge any. : such
ttiS}ki l l 4 ,o6;ivilthig:,.'to,„ndinit,;,to my
.bemoeratie'.fripnds . ,tlfat ;the ,pedigree
the 'loud:began *here, theirs ends..
And in regard to very mane. of the
propositions which have:been made, re-,
garding them as of no very' -great' sig
nilleapearin this eennection,..imd being
willingjor Ow, 'ettice'ef , tll9-eltillneilt,
to ado& -Weal all,: 'r'Stibinit to .my
own inindAjuSt ;,threb-JprOpositions us
controlling ink Vote dn . -this qiit.Stion; to,
the truth of whieba think, every ho
es,t mind must„assent. r .- -
'The. negro is`nothere'by any' _feu t
'of ' but: by, ',Our 'fan I tr'ain.l:
that of iity ancestorti.. -! 1 : 1 • • ; •
'Phis is - a proPoSitien so . ; clearly•lrtle
.that -elaboration would only tend: to
W,e4lign , .", ~ • E
-2. No matter whether he' belongs to
aia 'itifcritirior a Eitlpeilor raCe i air wheth
er'voting isa'natural'Ora- Conventional
right, thenegre has Certain nrittural,ab
solute rights; and is t entiticd to protec
tion in them-L'-z - atiti - this prcipositien I,
think riot be disputed - .
•By'liur oiirn wrong Nvi3 have ,placed'
the negro in Such a poSition that in Or- -
dCi t
. proteet, his *naturali]absC.-
IttO . Tigho4; tit t,glirehl in the ballet.
Ahd,if tinytbing,ikere needed. teprovo
is;;;w, 6 have 'alreai.iYilbe proof ,in the
elnanged tone, of the : Thimecratie, party
and tlie, - DenMeratic pre,Ssv , Why, sir;; .1
hold in tuy,hand a paper printed hr, tht
capital .of. Texas,f - the.;;very hotbed .61
Democmcy,dif which the negro is very
'politelyinvited to j t 6 'lleiiiocratic
.01 titis' Whiehiire'there'
Give the negro the. ballot and a. thous
and Democratic brator,s Will woo them
as gyp tly ,as .did- .the gentleman from
liblifgenierY Di'Miller] the Other
eVehl ,NOienll 9 , t el a: 0 .that,hati
'Ploretliwonien about 'him and . col
ni4l men In [Langhter.]..
,-,Believing! then these .three. propOsi.
.tions tobe.true t propoSe to accord to
the.negro the ballot as-ash:l4de' Matter
of Justice.and right i csi nplybecaUs6 'WO
oiveit -tbat'll,6
'should hake it. 'I have no great entliu
siatn,.Mr. spealt,er, on ,this .subject,
- Cannot - hdlk believM:#,lhat . .. ; ),vntild
have:been` bettel' for ' both "races, 'if :we
Ilaci-,n9t,layought t • the,,,negrozhere, , And
gPuitd!hirn,uuder thalron: heel of• op;
pression, until our country ran rivers' ot*
blood,:and,:mournink Was- in
.'.every
household. But, sir, I desire to expOr4
leuce . ne'ruara 9f tbh'-'Veligeaticdslit
outraged Deity! , — The lesSen to melias
been sufficient, - and affiirs of, such
moineept IstiOW*hat is
right, I prop:tits Aitithotit - cavil
or controyeTity,,and s 4? I pefforpa this as
I Nyintl4 Icnown. duty; :Its a
simple act ofjtis lee; and while I admit
thatamong theTpople of Peiinsylvatila
there is a deep seated prejudice' against
allowing the colored Amu a vote, still
I believe that'abioneour people there
is such u sell l 4.g seq'Pe justice,sPch
a'stUrdy hOuesty,_ that,they gre,eveit tor,
to r pgferra thts, the last act
of.j(tStica whigti•they„owe, to . the :race
theiriathers enslaved and , their -Court.
MMI
try men oppresssed.,,
,To start the victimaot their oppress?. I
ion even.iit the race of - life—give them
a falr, chance. to.-forsipete ;smith _their
Atiglo'Sa*Vbbtlaers',, arid Uwe:those
4frestionsAtetti lie - great, futinV,;of' - `ldifs
forent races and peeploLL:where all sen
sible rnen'know it taint be left, with
that "Cied"•Wheltnew - all• things - from*
the beginning, and , who orders the
march of time.
In other, mords and to state the :whole
argument in a brief sentence, I think
that ,cut.of_tho fiery eruCibleof,W, a i i: ; has
been' elimiihSteci"the' idea whiell'iSs day
by a illay taking stronger'hold ' oil' the
national mind,thatinatidisti-;like- indi
vidualsiiMnStßiejusitiee;and,When the
idea becomes thosongwyl .flied it wi ll
be the enil 'Of all argument on this and
kindred nneStions. -
'Mr. Speaker, I regard the past his;
~tory_of the: Democratic party, and•the
past histbry of the Republictinpartyris
having about as little significance in
connection with:this ,question -as the
other' Points to which. I belie alluded.
The history of the Demodratic party is
before-the colintry.;, The:Tile. prostrate
and 'bleeding,: a sacrifice' to 'the ithrea
otts deriiilllllB of the slave power which
Compelled thein debauch, not-only
their own but the pliblidS'entintelit, for
IllinafrpbStCermiiking ',War linen a
clown todden anA oppressed
Whent, .Derneerittle `Supreme
Court had enunciated the doctrine that
four millions of people born, upon this
soil, had no Tight 4 which , white men
were bound to respect, and a Democrats
is Congress had affirmed that slavery,
and not freedom,.-was the universal
law of this continent; that slavery
.vent by virtue of the Constitution
wherever, the flag of our country went,
adoctrincso -mo t tistrOusiin its ,eoneep•
Oen,' sd herrid 'nits 'birth, Se 'hideous
in its growth, fell upon the cars of ail
good men everywhere like the
L. , 4 ! limner theirdeparted liberties," .
And in'itn instant, iii the' twinkling of
an eye, like the breaking up' of an NE
berg political parties were all afloat and
the just men of all parties came togeth-
er -,They,itiatignrated
no'neV doctrine ; they ProMulgated no
new "isms ;" they sought to render no
new reading of the Constitution, ,but
planting • thenfeelves, upon
_the, time
honored teachings *the. "fathers,'
they said to the black monster slavery,
"'Thus far shalt thou go, and, no farth
er." t Qur,ilithers peVer ;intended; that
you shoilldwriggle your slimy form all_
over this broad land ; neither do we.—
We intend ,to limit you to your consti
tutional prerogatives, and to confine
you within the constitutional limits
assigned you, and if, perchance,
,with
-11-41lose,sconslitationalc-limita you eat
up; every green '• hing, trizid die, die and
be damned, -as: you ought. [Laughter
and applause.] That, sir, was "simp
le" "simon pure" Republicanism,
nothing more, nothing lees,. Upon that
platform a President was elected, who,
undertake to say,! was the Most con- 7
fitarvativv,4purk, for , au: - honest one, of
'all public linen, of, Modern times.- Sla
very Might have lived, so far as lie was
concerned, untouched by him until it
- ,lfad s;liten 'itself out by its'evin corros
ion. But the .hosts of .theikbAro-fowei
wpre_rand In the flush of their previous
- Ainiken.suedess, and. inaugurating
rebellion against what may justly
.be
said to *be the best • government the
wbrittints ev'efiieen, - they - MS - hod Mad
! 13i upon the Constitution of their fath
ers to destroy it. Alley. sir, speaking
not, tiio language of rtiOliticutn,ozu de
nnigogue, but redountingthe sciberTacts
I of impartial history, I am sorry to say
they found among the folds of the
Democratic party North a great many
mei of the same stripe ; a great many
who felt as batik as the poor
old j)gen tlenittn**frein Nolth urn herlan d
[Mr. Ease] did, when he was recount
ing the mournful history, of Governor
Ourtln',liiking-all, the arkiiej froth the
people of Pennsylvania. It has been
said that there is a certain class of peo
ple in the world who tell the„trUth.—:
"Straws *seined fifes 41.411 V way
the and I„tiver; Or; that
there were a , great
~,m any-men besides
the venerable: gentleman .from; North
umberland [Mr.; Easke] , who felt sore
and sorry that even in the grand old
Commonwealth of !PetinSylvania they,
had not sufliefeni'itims to organize SU C -
Cessfully and combine With their broth
er Democrats of the,South In their mad
attempt to destroy the Union under
which they had grown so great.- ,
sir; the war - daine,. and making ,
no invidious distinctions in relation to
individual cases, I apprehend that it
may safely, be-asserted:-that the Repub
lican party," As 'party, carried the
country through the _war.. I need not
•stand here, and say, that every line of
policy which was pursued by the Ad.
ministration of the Republican party,
was PersisfeAtAlY.l_l4.4. Consistently op;-
posed by toe "Democrahe party, from
the first proclamation,issued for the or-'
,ganization of volunteers to the cud of
the' last draft—nO matter' what, sir ;
anything which had *a *tendency to,
strengthn the. natienateredit and the
national armies;, Was , persistently, op
posed by 'the Deniocrigle party, es, a
pa,r;ty •Their 'cleterininittiou, was that
tri,n?; Republican ,;party should , not-rule
like,potintre: ',Mr.. Speaker, as. to the
the gentleman from.
Fayette, which has been heard year
a:ter year, here predicting, the gloomy
future whieli this benntry had;, in store
so 'the ',result of.: the, adeptien of the
policy of the'Republierm party, Ihave
' ,to, say ; that, - looking events in .the
light of history,..f. mu , of the 'opinion
,that we are-not-in very greet danger.-
Beginning at home,siir,vight,' , here in
the *city of Harrisburg, I -undertake to
'say • :that.. the - Material; 'sv ealth
of this city' has 'more than doubled
siuce.the tocsin of ;War:first sounded in
1861.• over-this:broad Cpaimon
wealth the 'present March of' improve
ment as llie•resdit'of •expanddd resour
c'eS 'Mark the IndeptiOn j ,ef the grandest,
epochin:natio - nal history. 'Mere than a
thousand inileS,*of railisiad have, since
been Wilt,' pouring into the lap, of this
great State the, trade, f the West ;, all in
the 1111(14.'ef - the fiery struggle, through
'which the haVe"been , passing. To-day ,
'over the 'frozen peaktrand the hitherto
hnPracti,eahle , fastnesses of the Rocky
Mountalusi the !irony:horse 'is' making
its connections with this•Ptiditieviaters,
almost ready to take po,ssespionof the
'commerce cif Lthe *E4fiste - irrO:'LiVaild. I
have no fears, sir, for the future of this
country/050 fat'as its ;financial' and tOla
terialProsgerity lOoneerned7 'lt'Seeiffe;
to ,tit - e'thi he"ASSiired •,•hey end' 4#.&04 . 7-,
eontreyer'Sy,', •;
' lii refatidn'tO its futUre f .pnliticat and:
Moral 'greatness; I cannot , undertake
wltlti B:llCitY'to ' ake )a4 .prediction ;
hut, sir, gOing.awaY &in:into the dim
vista, of the futtire, I have tt,hrkAlt; Y -
iiiii•its ( to' the'lligtbry of this !boa try.—
It may be Va' tt vision„'sir - hut I will
eheVekit. ; .see mats • ; :vase,l , confedere.".
tion,,slrelkhing,from,the frozen Werth,-
'ark: unbroken line;.to- the ::glowing.
South; Train, the. wild , : billows:, of -the
Atlantic westward blithe ealmet waters'
of the Pacific main. . I see, sir, one
people and one /4 . 11F 7 j4i4 language and
one faith ; and over all this broad coun
try I ;recognize- in' 'the- womb of the,
great future an asyluni for. the -44P
pressed; anti . •doWntrisilden'of 'all coun
tries and-All tongues, all-races and al/
colols. A eotintry, sir, in, the language
AA the immortal Irililx patriot, flegen-
=I
MN
ended; :rade'dnio; :and f - dig6nthralled'.'
by,-.the,genAis iofjn4.Yergti 04 11110 1PP.7
ton- LAPP'.
,ORADO.
TiETT,ET't
: pEitiV
Cut l'espon dope° 'of tile, 'A gitator,
-Let a government; supply_ train ;pais
,through - ,a dangerous country and it is
guarded inn way' that precludes ,the
possibility of its capture ; let the bartlY
,pioneer, , moving., or stationed, call for
assistanee to pFotapt 2iis ilia and -I,VP
ertk, and be pOlitelY told to go to' the
devil.
. Last, year,' either in paying' off trobps . ;
7;134101w,, treaties,- paying -annuities„ to
the Indians ,west of .the Missend river,
cost our 'goVernmetit one hundred' and
siXteen millions - of Annan. Leelhose
- Arlio ~are struggling under, their pres
ent, lead of, taxes, think of ; this, and,
'when theY next'iiend 111'0:M46*W the •
Capital, don't instruct them , to use their
influence to•further avert the inevitable
fate of extermination that awaits,, the
Od' than; but ,linve them' hasten' that
day as one greatly to be desired by all
,Conversant with their true (condition.
It is, the only way in.whieli the din:leni
ty cam he corrected. •, EaelLyettras a ,re'-
stilt nf •our ' present mode of dealing
with them,.gtves theta a more thorough
knowledge, of the arts of war, put. theni
in possession of our most improved
weapons, and confirma‘morelhan ever
the belief -that' they- can dictate - their
own terms in the oft made treaty, and
do as they please generally.
A few of 'the many . incidents that
forcibly illustrates the inhuman nature
of these red fiends, have cone under
my netiee.' Of some of them I will
briefly speak : Three years, ago a,party
of twenty men with eight loaded wag
,ims, left the Missouri Elver on a long
journey across the great Plains and
prairies -that 'stretched ',unbroken' . be
fore us to the base of the Rocky Moun t
' tains, six Winifred and 'fifty miles dis
taut. Six long weeks were passed be
fore we reached the mountains whose
glittering snow-capped peaks we first
beheld •Wheloane hundred and sixty,
miles front their base. Our journey led
us up-the Platte valley where for a dis
tance of more than two hundred miles
the Indians two years before had swept
dOwn with ten thousan warriors, and
with the exception of vo Government
posts too strong tohe aken, the entire
distance had been swept of every ves
tige of life. There - only blackened
Walls wer& left to tell the spot where
once stood-ranclnens' homes,loften -
- s - o
bearieg the names inerher of
the family, told where the - remains of
those who had been killed, were laidhY
the hands of strangers. Many
,trains
llins were captured—the owners ordri
yen" in every instance were killed, ,and
scalped. In one place a single board
bore thishilef inscription : " Here - are
buried the bodies of thirty-one men
killed by the Arapahoes, July 6, 1864."
j We had traveled several, days through
the most daugerbus region without see
ing all Indian, and began to hope, as
the several tribes Were then assembling
at Fort Laramie to 'make
_ti. new treaty,
we would pass through their- country
.without trouble. Bat insthis hope we
were' disappointed, Mr - when corraled
for the night near the :junction of the
north- and South , Platte signal fires
were, seen on.the bluffs that to ; the ex=
perieced frentiersmen in our prty was
readily recognized ns a means of commu
nication wit different bands. One pe
culiar trait in the character of the
Plain Indians is that they , will never
attack 'the whites in the night.. This
fact was well known to the leader of our
party who, having stationed 1.19 in the
best position for defence, calmly await
ed the coming of day-light.
Just as the first faint rays of the coi i
inn. were visible in the east, a,dark line
of horsemen was seen slowly encircling'
our camp. Their object evidently was
to surprise us while asleep, as•they rode
slowly and insiience up , to within two
hundred yards of our camp, when with
demoniac ' - whoops , and shouts they
charged upon its, Then rder and horse
went down before the tream of fire
.1
that leaped from under bur wagons,
and for a few minutes the rapid dis
charge of firearms, the loud snorting
of our frightened plUnging mules, - the
cheers and yells of our own men min
gled with the whoops and howls of the
:savages, combined to .produce a sound
that once heard is never forgotten. The
Indians with their arrows or imperfect
-firearms; could not long contend with
our one-twentieth their number,' armed
us we were with. revolvers and repeat
ing rifles, and protected in a measure
by our wagons; and having quickly
gathered up their fallen warriors, -they
were soon fleeing across the plains,
leaving where they fought several dead
or wounded . ponies. Those' yet alive
were soon put out of pain, as were some.
01 our own draft:tnannals that had been
hit with tu'rews or bullets. One of our
men had received a musket ball in the
head froM which the life blood wawfast
'flowing. Two others were also,wound
ed but with arrows. Poor Bernard had
endeared himself -to us all for his noble
heart and nattily nature, and as we
thus saw the life 7 eurrent . flew over his
white forehead, it seemed as though the
life of a brother. was passing from us.
Very many days WQ had journeyed, to
gether, and at evening as we rested on
1 )
the same blanket, and looked up. Into
the starlit heavens he told me i his
3broken accents of his home , across, the
ocean, from which he had c Me,
hoping to find in a new. free land a
home for * himself and his widowed
mother. But now ho was dying, and
just us the, red sun rose from out its
prairie ' home we Jigged a rude grave
and laid therein the.torm,we had learn-
ed to love,%urned a fire over the spot
the more effectually to hide his grave
lest his inhuman murderers should
come and Mutilate the remains, and
then moved on our dangerous, weary
journey. No tear was shed by the
rough, sunburnt men who performed
this last simple ohice for the dead,
but the flashing eye and firm set lip
told that'in their memory was recorded
another dead_ that should be avenged'
on tlioe who curse the earth with, their
presence. :At the time of the attack on
Our train thin same band was. on their
way to Fort Laramie for the purpose of
making a treaty of peace with our- gov
ernment. Weeks - later, in , reply to a
letter sent- across the ocean, 'mune one
from the Rector of his parish; stating
that when the widoWed mother learned
'the,degth of him oal withal she had
tinidiy hoped to lean' in her, declining
years, she , sickoited and died, sorrowing
for her lust oi
More.than't "o years agd official work
tock me;, to a I cality about one bun
died mitesio- th southeast of Denver,
where in what• ev• ently was . once the
bed of an extensive inland lake, now
; quite• dry. about a dozen families had
Made •a• settlement, and though con
stantly exposed ,to the inroads Of the
savages, the advantages ,derived 'frOin
the very fertile soil for their grain and
!unlithited extent of rich grazing land
for their Herds of Cattle andhorses in-
AuCed them. to retualti,.trusting to their
and, bravery,- for safety even In
time of. Indian war. , peace and plenty
~reigned among thelittle band of ,pio
neers,.and save theilread of a visit from
• the savages, there Was naught to molest
or .roakolhem' afraid.
A-tow-weeks ago I stood on a bluff
. 1
overlooking that:once Oconiii4
but the eye searchetk in vain for the
homes,and herds of the , •man.--- -
Torch and tomahawk in the rdd fiends' •
handsliad been at work, and now, not
tt'veMige of the settlerS' labor was left.
The wolf and raven , have 'feasted' on
.their mutilated remains, and. the grain
,that was springing rank from- themarth
When the red - man 'carne only furnished
food for the antelope and Wild horSe; ' =
„Last Autumn when, raturning with
My party from the• prairies, whence we
werefleelng before .the bands of sava
ges whose war whoops,wernthenteard
from Mekicti fartber Dacota,.we met I
'at - tho' first Settlement'an'old gray head
ed-man who asked me this question--r
Amu that I could mat answer :•:•-•
Why, does our government thutflin
thirdly pay larger' sums of money for
having surveys' -made in thisludian
cursed.eountry, wheln no adeqUate pro' ! -
tection is rendered:these who every day
•
rink their livei mad Properti to reel aim
itlroin the wilds of 'attire ?
• "Not4i year-Passes but some of us are
mhrdered, our homes burned, mu horses
and cattle
,driven aWall; anti no pun.,
ishment• is met' by those who cause
so much suffering unless it be by our
selves, and - then a- howl of horror is
raised by the eastern people and re
echoed ,by our law-makers if a few of
the red :devils do get killed ; -while deep
er than, ever in their minds is the- con•
vietionthat we are the aggressors' and
deserve but little sympathy and no sup
port. If - this thing continues :kinger
we will have to forever abandon our
homes, for-we arenot able to fight In;
dians and prejudice' too.'
Last year my- wife was killed and
scalped before my eyes,, my daughter
carried away,. is lloW a captive in \ the
Cheyenne canip, and kept for a. purpose ,
that would make the-news Of her death
welcome. ' -
" Yesterday, in attempting to recovere
some horses that the curses were driv
ing off, my only son was shot; last
evening I buried-him alone."
Sobs Choked the old -mun's further
utterance ; he Mutely pointed to anew
made grave a few yasds diStant, then
bowed his head and - tot aloud.
A score of such instances, each hav
ing come under my own observation,
or learned from others of undoubted
authority, might be related, but these
given will convey a fair index to the I
whole. It would be only a repetition
of; facts wherein the weak or unprepar
ed whites have met horrid; deaths at tife
hands of the inhuman fiends who have
not one generous motive, cannot be
learned one of the advantageS of
i2ation, except -to - further learn • the
science of destroying our race, who di-,
-redly cost our tax-payers caah year
more itione,y_than would buy tor every .
;maimed soldierAl - thelate war a silver
limb for, the one; lost, whOiff - theug_LQ, all
that is noble and brave by many, east
ern people who believe every_ Indian
a Modal of grace and honor. Let 'any
man who believes the Indian to be that
which the imagination of Cooper has
made him, is capable - of 'a single re
deeming qualityi, come and' see him
•in all his filth And degradation ' his
ignorance and cruelty, his persistent,
efforts to destroy t, hose who. would ad:
vanee the arts and sciences, and if lie
shall discover__ a process by which -the
normal condition - of tbe red man can
be benefitted, he will impart-informa ,
tion not now known or understdOd. - --11
he believes the picture of-their cruelty
is overdrawn, let him come and see. it
Written in characters of blood as the
green sward is dyed with the life-cur
rent of Mother and child , , Read it at
night as the sky is made red with the
flames of the slain settler's burning
home, and hear it spoken iby the howl
ing wolf as he holds his horrid . carni
val over the ,remains of the mangled
dead.
10 . 6,
Many and strange tqe the forms given
to objects by the mirage often seen on
these vast plains, usually at the rising
and setting of the sun. The rays of
light, then passing obliquely through
strata of atmosphere of different dens
ity, causes objects below the sensible
horizon to be brought to view, but so
strangely changed iii form that they
bear but slight resemblance to the real
image. At tunes rough irregular,masses
of rock, otherwise invisible are thus
produced, but frequently bearing so
close a resemblance to large cities with
their streets, spires and towers, so clear
ly defined that the beholder can readily
imagine r ite is looking at the works of
art, and not the productions of refracted
rays of light. As ' the sunlight falls
more directly on the locality the illusion
vanishes until,
,under certain favorable
conditions of- the atmosphere the phe
nomena is repeated. But the sun .need
not of a necessity be near the horizon
tO produce a like result, as often at mid
day the strangely altered Jib and ap
pearance of objects are freqnently noted.
The countless number of polished
grains.of sand that form the surface of
the plains, where uncovered by vegeta- I
tion, act as reflecting media, and the
rising heated air carries with it the im
age of whatever object may boon the
surface. I have seen ail an teloe at the
distance of half a mile, that was appar
ently thirty feet in height ; the listen
ish men t "ot those who for the first time
witness the strange sight, is unbounded,
especiully,if the anintal passes from the
barren ground to a grass covered spot
when it in an instant assumes its - true
proportions. At, other times while as
cending a slight elevation, large forests
will raise on the crest 'with dark green
foliage and waving branches, though
there be no wind, but at our approach
the pleasant picture would vanish'' and
leave in its place a few dry weeds two
or three feet in height. Lakes, whose
wale's of silvery brightness, stretch
away farther than the Lie can reach,
with waves washing shores on whose
margin arc closely reflected the forixis
of overhanging - trees and bushes ou the
banks, are looked on almost:with super
stition, certainly with wonder, as they
ever recede as we advance • and the
mocking delusion has been, die cause of
suffering, and often death, of the thirsty
traveler who vainly 'endeavors to reach
the phautomAvater and allay the thirst
that at last produces a inaulaWs-death.
Many are the adventures related .by
men on the border, and - by trii,velers in
many lands, of the deception practiced
on them ,by the ,mirage. A (practical
illustration of it once. conViticed• me,
that seeing 12 . n0t always befieVing.—
Two years two while 61144e:el ' on the
govern ineutsurveys we journeyed kip
the valley of 7 ttio, Arkansas above f(he
Al ex teen town of Pueblo, KnoWint , tit})
night camp Would bo - Made the raise
of a rocky butte in, plain view a fewl
miles distant., and ,wishing to have;
teloPe steak for supper, an assistant
and myself started wlth our rifles for
the table lands above , the where ,
we expected, to find : oor game. Thoto-•
arls of these graceful animals 'were
glazing there whew wo reached the
plateau, but their keen scent warned
them of danger; and a couple. of pours
Were spent in the vain attempt to a,p
preach near enough for'ashot. So with
the knowledge that we\ would be laugh
ed utter our failure by those in camp,
we turned in the direction of the butte.
,Flom the Margin of the _ plateau we
could plainly see, as' - we supposed, our
white van yes
,eO,VOTPti ,WllOll „with the
teats} stantlhm, near It, in Jhe valley
near the rooks, about six luilas distant.
-
*
• NO, 25' '1
THE MIRAGE
ODlye irixtrga Count
overy Wcan t sdny 1514 0 1.. I
per year, invariably in advance.
COBB & VAN_GBLDE
31. MOBILI [t
X;PV Z ...13.44100
TEN liras - op 2:412,a01t;0n snit . Nitta OVi
7
I 4
No, ir.r..p.,.rbf.50.18 •
ISq e, • $4,00 $2,00 $2,60 '56,00 1
2 Squnters...., g x oo 000 .+4,00 , 8,00.;2
Thalfol:l... 10,001 I_B,oo 17,00t2,00,,
Olio 0-61. . I Moos ZOOO 30 0014001'
,
BOW Nntices,ls aorkts poi
Lnoat 20 =talker lino. •
Anhours rapid walk 4 Wight: is near
the butte, but the Wagorihtidlitli: ,pear
ed. Thinking it was hid (rola 'v ew,by
'a knoll, or was ' some depre- ion - of
the ground wo reached the rocks but no
- wagon or trace of it could be found.
Great was our surprise onder
caused by its,unaccountable 'dist •pear
ance, till my eye rested 'l:m the o - head
of a buffalo, and then thernyst try - Was
explained.'' The bleached ell , . rnmi
black horns still attached -ha 'been
magnified to 'a size that mad: thein
look . to 'us like' our' white toppe. wagon
'with the dark - mules - feeding. b • .Ide it.
Many instances might be fu fished
describing the •forms and effec • of the
mirage, assisted as it usually is hy the
imagination, but those given w 11 con
voy en idea of their peculiaritite, seen
so often on the 'uplands of the - great
west.
I HAVE STOPPED yang. :Al-
The following anecdote told by
adelphia paper is decidedly sug , .
Many years ago, Mr. Sw in, th
tor of the Vublic Ledger, was h
the corner of Eighteenth and
nut streets,. by a very exciting i
ual, who informs t
emphatic terms " Iplave stopp,
paper sir," and proceeding to
the why and the wherefore
tte o gesticulating wildly. "
i A air, you don't say so. C 0. .,
me to the office, and let us se
can't remedy the matter. It
me that any one should stop my
Down Chestnut street to Third
proceeded. Arriving at the ,o i
Swain said : 'Why, my dear si
thing seems to be going on here
al ; thought you had stop
paper." Then and there the
gentleman whom the long walk
way, Mid partly cooled, said
stopped taking his one copy
Ledger. • Mr. Swain was profus
apologies for having misunders)
meaning of his late subscriber':
and regretted that he had giv
the tramp from Eighteenth s
Third, down Chestnut. Thege•
went on his way home, if not,
man, marveling over the stu
editors in general, and Mr. S
particular. Before be left, how
ordered that the Ledger bp et
address.
3 .
J. Bangs, we are softly to say
ceased, and a Western obitu
pays tribute to his memory:
" Jern was generally consider
feller. He went forth Without
le, and etch is life. To-day *w
pepper-grass—mighty smart-t ,
we are cut down like eucumb
ground. Jem kept a nice ate:
his wife now waits on. His
were, numerous to behold.
- -
the thing ,
we bought at his gr I
.c--areq happy to state to the
world;lrrat-henever cheated,
in the weight ofintickorel, w
nice and smelled sweet.
wife was the same ? way.
knew him to put sand in sug
he had a big sand bar in fr
house ; nor water. his blur)
the Ohio river , runs past 1.11
Peace to his _remattns. 'Ho
wife, 7 children; 1 cow, a gro ,
and other quadrupeds to
loss ; but, In th 9 language of
his loss was their eternalzaini
George Fkancis—Traiu; ren
went as follows: . M - eir—sa
can't keep a secret. It is I
reverse—women can, men ,ca i
men carry to their graves se
would kill any man. Wo
tells ; man always does. We
fers and dies_; man blabs ani
Man cannot keep a secret;
not make it known. What
the man is death to the woma
was a sneak. Eve would l!
the apple secret. Be ye fruit
ever heard a woman talk abo
fiascos? EVerybody has - be]
gossip, Man delights in tell
illicit conquests ; woman N.
out her tongue first. Men :I
in' their club room talk ; wow'
in their parlor conversation.
er heard a woman telling of h;
Who has not listened to the t'
of the men? Men boast ;wo e
Women never tells taleS out
men are always babbling.
'with another old adage. We
keep a secret. .
•
Tb_Keep_Moth_from Furs. I
from a gentleman who has ex
ed in the matter, that the e
best method of keeping air
structive vermin is. to enelos=
ticks in a cotton sack like
ease, tie it tightly with a strO
cord and hang it at-' the top o
The best place for the par
open attics where a nail - can
into a joist or rafter: Whati ,
for preserving furs is that-th
where they will be secure fro
are and surrounded by somet
the moth will not penetrate.
condition is met with by him:,
near the top of a room; ttucil
and by enclosing them wi
cloth. The moth takes app'
light in thitting its way throu
fabrics and even easing of lea ,
no avail in the' . way of protei
from some cause Unknown .
moth never tries " to pierce 3
through cotton cloth.--Prairt
A few days' since a lady
railroad depot, in Dayton, 0.,
train on which she desired
sage moved away. She was
anxious to get aboard the
was left, which of coarse was
As she slued gazing. at the
arms full of packages and h:
of ,tears, a gentleman arrived
pot on a full run, with his c
in his band, his coat ort,,hisl
his face streaming with , pers;
He too, wanted to take the sl
but alas, was too late. As h
the train now fast moving all
down his carpet-bag, wipe
and very deliberately and e •
said: " D--n that train."
heard him, and smiling wit
sweetness, said: "'Thank
He had undoubtedly expressi
timents exactly.
•
% 7 ELOC/TY OF THE WIND.
ted that, in Philadelphia,
velocity of the wind during
year, is found to ho clever
hour: at Toronto its annual ) 1
locity is nine miles; and
estinmted at eighteen miles.
An English essayist, wri
Voltaire, calls attention to tl,
unnoticed fact that no mai
heard or ever will hear wh
Pilate and the Pharisees ha
themselves.
It is not'alway xi mark of f
possess au open countenane
gator is a deceitful creature,
presents an open coup tenan
Is in the very'act of fatting •
People ,sometimes mead
they say. A,' man rusbe
market yesterday and want;
salmon and three pouilds by
3_ m
E 3
21111:1
CISZVIIt.
Etatyas .
01. I t ...... _
• ear
Mt $ l2 / 3 1;
'4 O O ,28,00
1%00
430 9004
tonal or
has d'e..
ry thus
d a good
i strugg
were as
morrow
• rs to the
e ? which
• orohews
Many is
leery, and
I: dmiring
-specially
ich was
:owing
e never
-1 , though
/•nt of his
is , though
door.—
[leaves 1
eery store,
Duni his
Noe pbet,
TY
ers udg
women
Just ---- th
s 't. Wo
rsts that
an never
is an suf-,
man can
't s sport to
Adam
ave kept
1.- Who
Itherlove
rd a man
ing of his
owid cut
ro coarse
• n refined
Who 'ev-
Cr lovers ?
issipation
Is en don't.
'lf school ;
ISo down
Wall can
We learn
eriraent
: lest and
hese de
. the ar-
pillow
g -cotton
a room.
.ose is an
lie driven
is required
y be vut
m moist
% ing that
This first
"ng . them
the sec
h cotton
-5 rent de
li woolen
her is of
tion, but
o us the
passage"
cached a
ust as the
take pas
trernely
rain; but
not right.
train, her
r eyes full
at the de
rpet-saok
arrn, and
• i ration.—
me train,
looked at
1 -ari he set
his face,
r phatleally
The lady
I. a lady's
.u, sir.",
td her aeu-
It 1,9 sta
the w ean
ho entire
miles an
verage ve
t eea it is
lug about
o hitherto
ever- bas
• t Pontius
to say for
aukuoss to
- An
nd - yet he
e when he
On ID.
setter than
into the
d a peek of
peas.