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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-12-24
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How BE Cor HIS WIFE -J"hn
W was. or is q genius He made
quite pile in the Mexican war, and in-
vested it in canal boat running on The
Ohio Canal. John was bachelor, but
in course Of time was smitten by the lit
tie god. An old farmer, who lived id the
''heaI" path, near MasiiIion, had two rosy
checked daughters, but all attempts 10
gain an intrOduetiUn by heir admirers,
were fOiled by The old man. But John
was not discouraged A large chuuk Of
beef brought off the mast #, and Jchh
proceeded to deliberately appropriate the
varioUS articles hanging on the clothes
line. ChemizeiIsand stockings ,breeehes,
skirts, and things. were crowded in iDglo.
rlOns confusion into the capacious bag
carried by Joho On this occasion They
were brought aboard The boat and placed
in the "Dvw cabin" to pave the way for an
introduction on the return trip.
A week after the boat passed the farm.
house on its way north, and John jumped
ashore, shd went TO the house. Hu rep.
re>entea that one Of his drivers had stolen
the clolhing, and that I've had discharged
him, and desired 10 restore the articles:
The yonhg. ladies were delighted, as ,he
sack coafaIned ali t,eir Sunday 6xiDgs"
The old uBn said
Il always thought that all the boat
men wo0ld steal and | am delighted to
hna one hopest one. You must call again
captain"
| The captain did eaII again. and soon
after married the youngest"
90 tbs wedding night, he told hit
sife ihe rrSc he had used TO gain an in
Production, and ahe old man gave orders
that no moi4 clothing should be lef. ''oas
. night"
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COUNTY, Pa, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER a. 1862.

were to offer or. hands to the Internal
stain! | thought Of my mother, in her
distant home | thought of the scenes of
my childhood, bright and promising; |
thought of my college days, when Laban
Adams had been my friend and chum |
thought of the holy love which had beamed
upon me since | had grown to mans
estate, and l thought that, in one short
moment more, the black pail might COW
er it all !!
Watkins was long time in pronouuc
ing the word Two. He evidently hoped
that Que of us would releDt. But he
hoped IN vain.
Ouly breath held back the last fatal
word, but that word was never spoken.
AS we raised our pistols, sharp, ago
nized cry, as if from breaking heart,
burst upon the air, and in another mo.
ment two light shadows fitted upon the
scene, | was prisoner Our pistols lay,
undis charged, upon the sand.
Two gentle uaideDs, who loved us
better than We loved ourselves, and whose
love had led them to deep anxiety in our
behalf, had guessed orr secret. Love
has sharp eyes. Clara Wolcott knew
Laban's hot temper when under strong
excitement, and she had feared something
of this kind from the first. She had on,y
to whisper her suspicious to Mary, and
two sleepless senlinels were upon US.
Those two warm spirits, with their
cries and their tears, melted the Icy crust,
aud our hearts found the surface.
20, in Gods name, be enemies no
more T. implored Clara.
by the love you bear us-by the
memory of all you hold dear on earth,
and all you hope to meet in heaven, cast
forth the demon from your heart J"
prayed Mary.
In an instant I resolved TO be a man.
With the arms Of my beloved still eneir.
cling me, | stretched forth my hand, but
| was not in advance of Laban. As
though one spirit had moved US, our
hands met midway.
Il have been fool T. said Laban.
And have been fool and a COW
ARD % said I. 81 was a coward because l
dared not do right"
Aye" cried Laban, "we have both
| been towards"
And" l added, "had it net been for
these blessed angels, We might have been
something worse"
We returned from the dark ground
just as the day was soflcniDg into twi-
light, and from that hour Laban Adams
and myself were fast friends; and they
who had saved US from the great crime,
entered upon the life path with US, and
have blessed US ever since.
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THE TWO COWARDS.

was coward? We were both COW
ards !
So spake our old law-tutor, Moses
Drake. And he thus continued
We had graduated from Harvard-La-
ban Adams and myself-and had com
meuced the practice of law. We were
neither af US married, though we were
both al tlcipatlng that event. We had "a
case in court-a case of trespass. Adams
was for the plaintiff, and | for the defend,
ant. 1t was for weak, foolish complaint,
and Adams should not have taken it up
1t was clearly case of extortion The
plalutff held rod over the back of the
defendant in the shape of bit of knowl.
edge concerning private mistep Of d
former time and the present COMPLAINT
was only seeming legal way in which
that other power was to be used for the
purpose Of opening the poor mans purse
At the trial exposed the trick and OBJ,
tained ruling out, by the court, lot of
scandal which Adams had planned to in
troduce as testimony. OF course | was
severe, aud as my opponent had entered
upon very bad case, my structures cut
home. gained the verdict for my client.
and people laughed at the fuiled plaintiff,
and spoke lightly Of his lawyer.
Thus it commenced. Adams could
not forgive me for the chasrin | had
caused him. He laid it up against me,
and ralked openly about being revenged.
This was on the first of August A month
afterwards we met at party where tie
gentlemen drank wine Late in the eve
ulug Adams aud met, and third per
sou made some remark uIon the old trial,
whereupon fourth person laughed aud
said that had done great thing. AT
this Adams flushed, and made an impu.
dent reply. The reply was addressed to
me, and | answered it, The two outsid.
ers laughed at the hit had made, and
Adams said something more severe than
before. l replied to him. He delber-
ately called me liar.
| had been drinking wine, and my
blood was heated. AS that harsh, hard,
cowardly word fell upon my ear, my pas.
sion oyercame me. Istruck Laban Adams
in the face and knocked bin back against
the wall. 1t was a cowardiy thing for
me to strike him, there in that eom pany ;
but | was too much excited to reflect |
expected that Adams would strike back,
but be did not. | was stronger than he,
though this may no. have Influenced him.
His friends drew him away, aud | went
out into the open air. AS soon as the
cool breeze famed my brow, and eased
the heated blood away from my brain,
was sorry for what | had done; but it
was too late to help the matter ! nigh,
have gone TO Adams, and asked him to
overlook the wrong / had done; but
had not the courage to do that.
On the following morning, a friend
named Watkins called upon me and pre-
sented note from LabaD Adams.
opened it, and found it to be challenge.
| was requested to give satisfaction for
the blow I had struck. If ! was a gen.
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The Slave Singing at Midnight.

Long he sang the psalm of David;
He a negro and enslaved,
Sang of Israel's victory,
Sang of Zion, bright and free,
In that hour when night is calmest,
Sang he from tue Hebrew Psalmist;-
In a voice so sweet and clear
That could not choose but hear
Songs of triumph and Inscriptions.
Such as reached the swart Egyptians,
When upon the Red Sea coast,
Perished Pharoah and his host.
And the voice of his devotion
Filled my soul with strange emotion;
For its tones by turns were glad,
Sweetly solemn, wildly sad.
Paul and Silas, in their prison,
Sang Of Christ, the Lord arisen,
And an earthquakes arm of might
Broke their dungeon gates at night.
But, alas what holy angel
Brings the slave the glad eYangel?
And what earthquakes arm Of might
Breaks his dungeon gates at night
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EsS~They have some brave orators ods
West. This fact there Is no dispnting. if
we admit tha! shey ERE correctly reposiedi
as The following specimen Of lofty and
burning eloquence will testify "Ameri.
cans This Is . great eouusry- vide,
vast, and IN the Southwest un!im,ted.
DOR publie is yet destined 20 re annex all
South America TO occupy the RnssiaE
Possessions, and again 70 recover tie pos
seF sl0B Of those British Provinces w wbich
the DrowesS of the Old Thirteen Colonies
won froDl the Freneh ~ tbs--laills of
Abraham, all rightfaEIy ours to re.ooeapy,
Ours Is . grea; and crossing country
FaneniE Hall was It's cradle, but ulapr-
whar will be found tim ber enough fvg i,s
ccih@? Scoop vi! tie water out os ,hs
AtJaatTc Ocean, and its bed mfll no. aE,rd
"a grave sufficient for lis eufpse And
yet America has scarcely growB ous Of
the grAstle of boyhood, Europe-vkSs
is Enrope2 She is nowhere, aeshisg,
nor eireorhStahee, = cipher, an oh+s,lsls
idea We have fa>Ier steam, beats. swSfser
locomotives, better fire engines, Ivmgeri
rivers, broader lakes. higher noantaiDs;
louder lhDnder. foYEeder lightning, prei-
tieT w"men. braveF men, and more n,ensy
thaB EnglaNd dare have -
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THE CUMBERLAND.
BY II. W. LoNGFELLow.

At anchor in Hampton Roads we lay, war
On board of the the Cumberland sloop-of
And at times from the fortress across the bay
The alarum of drums swept past,
Or bugle blast
From the camp on shore.
Then far away to the south uprose
A little feather Of snow-white smoke,
And we knew that the iron ship of our foes,
Was steadily steering its course
To try the force
OF our ribs of oak.
Down upon US heavily runs,
Silent and sullen, the floating fort;
Thea comes a puff of smoke FROM her guns,
And leaps the terrible death,
With fiery breath,
From each open port.
We are not idle, but send her straight
Defiance back In full broadSidel !
As hail rebounds from roof of slate,
Rebounds our heavier hail
From each iron scale
Of the monsters hide.
"Strike your fagw the rebel cries,
In his arro giant, old plantation strain,
"Never T. our gallant Morris replies:
1T is better to sink than to yield ~
And the whole air pealed
With the cheers of our men.
Then, like kraken huge and black,
She crushed our ribs in her iron grasp!
Down went the Cumberland all wreck
With a sudden shudder of death,
And the cannon'S breath
For her dying gasp.
Next morn, as the sun rose over the bay.
Still foated our flag at the maiumast-
Lord, how beautiful WAS thy day!
Every wait of the air
Was a whisper Of prayer,
Or dirge for the dead.
Ho brave hearts that went down in the sea
Ye are at peace in the troubled stream.
Ho brave land with hearts like these,
Thy flag, that is rent in twain,
Shall be one again,
And without a seam!
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WHISKY AND NEWSPAPERS glass
of whisky is manufactured irvm perhaps
a duzen grabs OF cvru, the yalae of which
is too susll 10 be estimated A pint Oi
this mixture sells for one shilling, ard il
Of guod brand. is considered well woYth
the money. /. is drank iD minute OF
two-it hres the brain, sharpeLs the ap-
petite, deranges and weakens the ply sie;rl
SYSTEM. On the same sidebvsra upon
wGieb this perpiclous beverage is served
lies newspaper 1t is covered with halt
"a milllon Of sypes-it brings Intelligence
from the four quarters IT the globe The
newspaper costs less than she glsss OF
grog-Ihe juice Of Il few grails Of cosS
but it is NO less strange than true that
there is a large portion Of she eonsmueiss
who sbink corn juice cheap and the news-
paper dear.
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AN EPISODE IN a RAILWAY CAR

AN EPISODE IN a RAILWAY CAR
A short time since, q gay dasbing appear,
ing young fellow, with military cap and
with the air Of Lieutenant, got aboard
the train at Mt Morris for Avon. The
peculiar appearance Vt this person, the
Clear aud rosy com plexion, aud the be-
fIlzzled hair, at once excited curiosity
and remark. A close inspection of The
movements Of the gay looking individual
clear y showed that it was u young lady
in disguise: Wien accused of being
dressed in borrowed pIuWage, she con,
fessed to ihe fact, aud stated that she left
her home in OieaD on account Of the III
treatment OF her father. She gave her
Dame as Gertrude Preston, and stated
that she was eighteen years Of age. She
is reported to be quite intelligent, and
possessed of more than ordinary beauty
She said this was her FIRST experience
away from hone. She came up FROM
Hnrncllsville on the previous Day, srav-
cling alone from that place, dressed in
masculine garb, as far az NuDda. frsm
which place she proceeded on foo, TO Mt.
NJ orris. Her destination was Buffalo via
Avon. At the latter place she was taken
into custody by Mr.. Calvelt, the Over,
seer of the Poor of that town, by whom
she was provided with suitable cIoshing
She was very 10th to be sent home, bat
will probably be returned to her father
Koch. lem.
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The eapraSm Of Il sIeanboa, seein. an
lEirh"an smoking away abais .hG fprMel,
stepped up 70 him, aud >aid
Don't you see sha: neslee stack xy
there :"
Dye mean that bit o'paIbte3 TIN Z"
40 be su.c | DO"
'Sare say H."
"Why jon's yoa follow ~"
i haven's seen IS move; its psiysd
fast E'rs cnasideyin."
Il sneap hsveD's y0u read that aosFesI''
''pfVl > bit; shure and / 6en'r know
nov 10 Tade"
We'll 1t says; No sno25ng aTbowsa
here"
''Be IRE powers 1T dob's cone45R na
n nste, th,p, Eos / never suoked aloaa ~
I'VE lite"
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Ulysses Academy

Still rstains as Principal, Mr. E. E.R.CAMPBELL,
Preceptress, Mrs. NETTIE JONES GRIDLEY; AS.
Bistant. Miss A. E CAMPBELL The expenses
per Term are Tuition, from SIS to Sc: Board.
from S so to Sl.75, per week; Rooms for self
boarding from 81 to S4. Each term commences
upon Wednesday and continues Fourteen
weeks. Fan term Aug. 27th. 1862; Winter term
Dec 10th, 1862 and Spring term. March 25th,
lsss. Q, R. BASSETT, President.
Wv. GRIDL3 Sect'y.
LeyisyilIe July O. 1860
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LITTLE-OR-NGTHINGS.

Trust not the man WHO promises with
aB oath.
A hundred weight Of error will not
form one grain Of truth.
Negligence is the rust Of The soal, that
cOrrUdes her best resolutions.
A verb Is a word sfghifying 10 be, to
90 or 10 suffer. Woman's hfe is verb.
1t is beauty's privilege to kill time,
and times privilege 10 kill beauty.
Ovetwarm friendships, ike hot pota-
toes, are quickly dropped.
The charities of a good many rich peo,
pie seem altogether indispensable.
A man may be called erty,stviekeh,
when Knocked down by begsar.
The less writer knows of subject,
the more ink be uses In telling it.
Don't undertake TO kiss furious wo-
maD risk NOT smack in storm.
A mans money seldom grows more
than half as fast rs his love Of il.
The crow is a brave bird; he neyer
shows the white feather
That's my business ;" as the butcher
said to the dog that was killing his sheep.
Why is a dull and plausible man libe
an ungiaed gun because be is smootl,
bore.
IF your friend goes into speculation.
don't, because he happens to break, bfsnk
Wih him.
A widow, whose lands supply rich
grazing for a thousand cattle, is an at
tracsive grass widow.
The anciPnt Greeks buried their dead
in jars. Hence the origin Of the ex.
prcssion--"He's gone 80 pot"
Some women paip, their faces, and then
weep because 1t doesn's make ,lcm beau.
uful. They raise hue-and cry.
There is tailor in jersey rejoicing in
the somewhat diseouraging. to customers
Dame of Edward Ruul6t.
Lord Bacon says that We should sguare
our lives; but life is circle, apd the cir
Gle can't be squared.
A wise ruler is better than a race horse;
the latter makes good time, lhs foymer
good times.
Even as Nature benevo!cntly guard>
The rose with thorns, SO does she endvw
nomeD With pins
We are told 10 have hope and trust
but what's q poor fellow 10 do when he
sap DO lOpger get any trust
The gorgeous irappipes Of she dead aye
but the outward dressings Of she pride of
weeping survivors.
1t often happens toscnius as Eospoona;
the pl&ted articles takes the place of the
real metal,
People dishonest tTrough to repudIsfe
III other debts. are always hoMeSt eBosgh
10 pay debt Of revengs,
lie that bkus t1s cuak- in qaarreFs hr
has nosA5ps 10 do whh, has NO wight 81
ompIaSn it spark fly IN his face.
Poverty bitter though IT is 10 many Fc.
'peetsr has no sharper paag shaD this, that
t makes nen tidicploss
Nature eonfesses that she kas bestoued
7pon the human race heagts Of ths sofsess
aeeld. rts that she has given AS fears.
The frreraTs which aan should take
most pleasure IN attending are these. Of
ais OVID vices aacJ evil passions
En- saying that eur days are. few, We
'ay 100 muehN We have. but ene ghe
past are act oursr and who can promise
Is the future2
BAD FOE B-Old Buck Is pitching
nto' Floyd. lie has founda foeman wor-
by Of bis steal
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SOtne. music, teaehsu enes, wrote eF:ss
rhe ''aaa of p!;py iag on d Fp,t5m 7aa;tiass'
che aSoeSf percep. is'e, aa1 she rsoss ssa-.
~lhtlitY aG aRy ape in, sho aaeR:p Etopsea!' =
y pom. which &C, gii*8r sotnsnssas. i,u sae,
following manner= ~Bhe sv5 os osh3{Gsss4
ing nsvsspepes, and matinei IS psFe s.A4S
at tbesaene Fi4ae hauerip pleass. every 5oessy
beats 6Gai5nF higher than. 8, G4sa.'" ,"
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SCAN you ssil me EoW ehe' woFf, 'pssJccnr
is speh p way aszseg Of u socgasr bT ~
aui2zioaN fellow ~CebhiintR," s4litE visss
Lendoner, with a.Iook Of tr,asnpi. ''fslsss'eS
q hess, and a bag, and. q. heilT sod .isa
hoes, and hen" ''
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INTERNAL REvENUE-We guess
Bragg army didn't think itself well
used in kentueky. 1t found itself heav-
ily taxed on its in. come.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

EULALIA LODGE, No. 342, + A. NJ.
STATED Meetings on the Ind and 4th WedneS-
davs of each month. Also Masonic gather
Ing, on every Wednesday Evening. for work
and practice, at their Hall in CouderSport.
TIMOTHY IVES, w. NJ
RAHUEL HAVEN. Sec'y.
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MARK GILLON,

u. J. oLMsTED. :: :: :: S. D. KELLY
OLMSTED Il KELLY,
DEALER IN STOVES, TIN Il SHEET IRON
WARE, Main ST., nearly opposite the Court
House, CouderSport, Pa. Tin and Sheet
Iron Ware made to order. in good style, on
short notice.
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John S. MANN,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport, Pa, will attend the several
Courts in Potter and MKean Counties. All
business entrusted in his care will receive
yrompt attention. Office corner OF West
and Third streets.
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ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the following

Administrator's or Executors NOTICE, %
Business Cards, s lines or less, per year %
Special and Editorial Notices, pc. line, 10
*x*All transient advertisements must be
said in advance, and no notice will he taken
of advertisements from distance, unless they
are accompanied by the money or satisfactory
reference.
*.%Blanks, and Job Work of all kinds at
tended tn promptly and faithfully.
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G. OLMSTED,

ATTORNEY h COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Coudersport, Pa, viii attend to all business
entrusted to his care. with promptnes and
I'D. ity Once on Southwest corner OF Nam
and Ennrlh streets.
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UNION HOTEL,
CoUDERsPoRT, POTTER COUNTY, PENN,
A. 6. ARMSTRONG

HAVING reftted and newly furnished the
IA house on Main street, recently occupied
BY r. Rice, is prepared to accommodate the
travelling public iD as good style as can be had
IN town Nothing that can in any way in
reSsad. De. uIasI
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~ Devoted to the cause Of Republicanism,
the Interests of Agriculture, the advancement
ef Education, and the best good OF Potter
county. Owning no guide except that OF
Principle, it will endeavsr to aid in the work
of more fully Freedomizing our Country.
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THE
POTTER JOURNAL
PUBLISHED BY
M. w. McAlaraey, Proprietor.

sl.oO PR YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-04-25
IAooB Drummer.
TO LIE II

- A COTTAGE HOUSE. the late residence OF
=. the snbacrlser conlsining Il rooms, with or
AtHa without land, summer residence, or by tho
Asea N year, subect only to sale should one be made
EAka NJ mAr9lim J. a. BROWN,
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-04-25
A THRILLING ROMANCE.

TRUTH STRANGER THAN FlGTIoH-A DYING SOL
DER PRAYs FOh THE PRESIDENT.
The case of Private Scott, killed in the fight
near Lees Mills, on the 10th, is thus narrated
by the correspondent of The lH'lddelphid inqWr-
er:
Never until we stood by the grave Of the Green
Mountain boys did we recognize how much
stranger is truth than fiction. Your readers Will
all recollect that lust Summer private was
Court.marlialed for sleeping on his post, out
near Chain Bridge, on the Upper Potomac. lie
was convicted; his sentence was deathi the ind
ing was approved of by the General and the day
fixed for his execution. lie was ayouth oil more
thah ordinary intelligence; he did not beg ior
uarsrs& ltilt VAS willing to meet his fate. The
tin0 4IIbr; the stern necessity Of war re-
aui4a.I IlAl ID example should he made OF some
one. his Waa hu aggravated case But The case
resrbed lhs ears Of the President he resolved tO
saye him; he signed a pardon and sent It OUT
the dny came Suppose, " thought the Presi-
dent my pardon has not reached him. The
telegraph was called into requisition; an answer
did not come promptly. Bring up my car
rage, " he ordered. Ii came, and soon the im-
portant State papers were dropped, and, through
the hot broiling sun and dusty roads, he rode
to the camp, about ten miles, and saw that the
soldier was sayedl lie has doubtless forgotten
the incident hut the soldier did not. When the
I'd Vermont charged upon the r fe pits, the ell
emy poured n volley upon them. The FIRST mai
who fell, with six bullets in his body, was VIM
Scott Of Company K. His comrades caught hiu
uu. and. as bis life. blood ebbed away, he rails
ed TO heaven, amid the din Of war, the cries o
the dyiug, aud bouts of the enemy, prayer 70
the President; aud as be died, he remarked Il
his comrade that he had shown he vas no COW
ard and not afraid TO die.
He was inferred, iu the pieaeuce OF his regl
ment. in u little grove about two miles to the reu
of the Rebel fort in the center OF group oil no
lvand vines; II few cherry-ueeH, IN inll bloom
are scattered around the edge. In digging h
grave. n skull and bones were found, AID met
buttons, showing that the identical spot had bee
used in the Revolutionary war for Out lathe
who fell in the sumo cause. The Chaplain hi1
rated the circumstances to the boya who sto'
around with uncovered heads. lie prayed 4
the President, and paid the most glowing tribu
TO his noble heart that We ever heard. The tea
started in many eyes as the clOd7 OF earth we
thrown upon him in his marrow grave, where
Law ehrouded in his coat and blanket
The men separated; in u few minutes all We
engaged in something around the camp,
though nothing unusual had happened; but Il
scene will live upon their memories while
lasts; the calm look Of ScOtl's face, the seeml
look of satisfaction he felt, still lingeredi o
could the President have seen him, he wo
have felt that his act of mercy had been wi
ly bestowed.