North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-02-28
VOL. 5 NO.29
Bill ArFs Views.


Rill Arp, it will be remembered, was
recently elected TO the Senate of Georgia.
In letter to the Metropolitan Record bo
| writes: r.
| For two momentus and inspirin weeks
the Legislature have been in solemn ses-
sion, one of whom am proud to be which
For several days We were engaged as
skontS, maken sorter rekonysance to see
whether Georgy We're State OF an Itjun
Ierrliory-w hethei We We're in the old
! Union or Out Of it whether me and my
4; folks and you aud your folks were some
body; and lastly, but by no means leastly.
whether our yoor innocent children, born
during the war, were all illegal anu had to
DC born over again or not. This last pint
are very much w. settled, but our women
are advised TO be kahn and screen.
My friends, our aim has honestly been
to git you all back into the folds of the
glorious old Union. Like the prodigsl
son, we had nuthin to live on. and feelln
lonesome and hungry, have been bowin
aud scr"pin and making appologys for five
or six months. We have been standin
afnr off for weeks and weeks, but durn the
calf do thy kid for us. They know we've
got nuthin, for they can't eat up our sub
stance; as for putin rings on our fingers,
we couldent expekt it until they bring me
back the jewelry they carried away. /
cannot say, in the language of the poet,
that our labor has been a labor of love, for
we've had monstrous poor encouragement,
to be shurc; but We had all set ouI heads
towards The stars and stripes, and we jinlIy
determined that, come wool come wo, sink
or SWIM, survive or peris:,. thunder or lite
mn, we'd slip back, or sneak back, or git
back somehow or somehow else, or we'd
stay out forever and over, amen and be
hanged to 'em, so-called, goily.
Romance and ReartS,
Many of the citizens of Pottsville no
doubt remember handsome, flashing Young
officer OF the Seventeenth United States in
tantry, Lieut.. Ed. Mcconnell, who was for.
merly stationed here on recruiting service.
"LIeut Ned WAS Il brave aud distinguish
ed officer, and being fine looking, and of a
gay and festive turn generally, he was
qnite tavorite with many of the ladies' and
''faSl" men here.
Some time after l-aving here the Lieu
tenant rose to the position of Major, ard
was appointed Provost Marshal of st. Lou.
is. In the meantime he contrived to be in
Harrisburg frequently, and became too in
tImate with the daughter of Gov. Curtin to
suit the fancy Of the Governor, who finally
ordered him to discontinue his visits.
One day however. Major Mcconnell and
the Governor daughter stepped into the
office of some magistrate, to the Governor
unknown, and were married. The bride
returned home, and not long after the Ma
Jor called to see her. when the "stern pa-
rent otjccting, he was made acquainted
with tn" true po itionof affairs. Ofcourse
he exalted the antique Nicholas" general
ly, but finally cooled down and proposed
to send his dau. .hter who was rather Young
10 boarding school fol year before she
entered into the responsibilities of house
keeping, etc. This plan was carried out,
and the youthful bride was sent of to dis
tant seminary.
Major Ned, becoming dissatisfied with
this arrangement, carried the young lady off
again. But Major Ned, the gossips say,
was inclined to fast living, and the "course
of rrne love- didn't run smooth. The Gov
ernor went to sea for the benefit of his
heath. Cupid did the same, probably,
aud the romantic union of the Major and
his partner ended in a most unrnmantic
Sc labble. Last week bill of divorce in
their case as pasSei by the Legislature
at Harrisburg and the iily-matched pair
were separated As suddenly and as much
10 the surprise Of the gnssips as they had
been united. Major Nd is again gay
single man, and the young lady miss -
and both parties will doubtless be little
more cautions next time about tying the
knot with the tongue that can't be united
with the teeth. .'-Pottssitie Stand trd.