The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-11-13
A queer Stsry.

The Philadelphia North american says, at
the head of file of men on their way from
New York to Washington, through this city,
we encountered a man who has probably
seen as much os real life as any other per-
son living, Louis Napo,ean alore excepted
Captain ten years ago was log cutter or
wood chopper in the Ciearfisld pineries,
working in the employ of exGov. Bigier.-
He lived in cabin entirely alone, many
miles away from any settler, and where the
silence of the forest was broken by no 9TH
er sounds than the strokes of his axe or the
baying of his dog when upon the track OF
deer He was bitten one day bya monstrous
ratilesnake, but never losing his presence of
mind, he dug out the wound with his hunt
ing knife, and pounding into powder his
bIackened tobacco pipe he moistened it
with salvia and bound it upon The wound.
The poison was drawn to the surface by the
application, and excepting rigidiiy of limb
which siiII remains, he experienced no fur.
ther i'll effects from the deadly bite
On ore of his few visits to the town o.
CIear6eld, for supply of tobacco and whis-
key, he chanced 10 save from drowning
the child of wealthy citizen. who reward
ed him by present OF three hundred dol
lars The man never returned 10 his cabin
but receiving the wages due TO him he sci
out for Philadelphia. where he engaged
teacher, and in brief period ianghi himself
10 read. He was preaching shortly after this
but finding himself pursuing a mistaken vo
cation be bIossomed ont as a cancer doctor,
in which apacity he travelled over the en-
tire west and south. returning 10 New York
with about three thousand dollars. He mar
ried q wealthy widow in New York, who
died month after her marriage, leaving
him heir TO every dollar. He made second
venture six months aIterward, his wife elo-
ping al the end OF the honeymoon With a
uaiive Of Hamburg returning with a pile to
his own city. Disguised with the sex he
ieschewed woman's society, and went to
spscnlaiiag in patent rights, and with sort
of success that in year cleaned him ont of
the last dollar He secured a position upon
the police force of New York, and in the
conrss Of his duty came upon discharged
convict The convict gave him certain in
formation, the truth of which he could not
doubt A heavy robbery had been commit
ted on the continent. The convict had been
engaged in il, and knew where the pInnder
was still secreted. The rover purchased the
secret from the fellow, went TO Europe, dis
closed i to the public authorities, AMI was
made the possessor OF a reward amounting
30 about $4,000.
With this money he returned to New York
and then to Philadelphia At the Girard
house one night be met Texan, who won
flom him -four ihousond dollars at a single
sitting The society of the gambler charm
ed him, and be went with him 10 Galveston
fakine the remainder of his capital with him,
He.went upon q ranche. and was engaged
IN sheep grazing, with Hon. Amos Kendall
as near neighbor. Secession al last broke
oni, and our rover was compelled 10 fly by
night, 70 Galveston, where be got upon
vessel bound for Cuba without any other
possessions ;han the clothes upon his per-
lson- He was wrecked twice in returning to
New York, where he arrived mere bun
dIe of skin and bones.