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Tioga Eagle (Newspaper) - March 28, 1849, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania0ricnce, cite nature Floral tag cub _ Vij 9 Ujj mum bushed weekly by j. P. Magill in vol. 32. Wednesday morning March 28, 1849. No. 555. 1 abandoned himself to Fate. Caring neither for life or death he wan found behind the Cotton bags which be had assisted in getting Down from the City to the Battle ground piled up and now ready to defend while life lasted Peter fought Well being a. Man not unlike the Brave old Hickory himself tall firm and Resolute looking attracted Gen. Jackson s attention Dur no the Battle and after it was personally complimented for his skill and courage by the victorious commander in chief. Everybody knows the history of the Battle of new Orleans i need not a Trail it. After the Victory the soldiers were allowed considerable License and they made new Orleans a scene of revel and dissipation All cities Are Likely to present when near a victorious army. Peter Houp was on regular a big a Long and for one unlike anything of the kind he went it with a perfect looseness a Rich citizen s House was Ousby entered and robbed and Peter Houp the said Plain Philadelphia Carpenter who would not have bartered his honest reputation for All the ingols of the incas while in his sober senses was arrested As one of the burglars and the imputation True caused him to spend seven years in a Penitentiary of what an awful probation of sorrow and mental agony were those seven Long years but they passed Over and Peter Houp was again tree not a Wane Man fortunately but a much Wiser one he had not seen or heard a breath of those so Long dearly cherished and cruelly deserted his family for eight years and his heart yearned towards them so strongly that penniless Pale and care work As he was he would have started immediately for Home but being a Good Carpen Ter and , lie concluded to work while he patiently awaited a reply of his abandoned family to Hia Long and be intently written letter. Weeks months and a year passed and from Oie Button Aurora the leg of Mutton Culins adventures of a Man who went to Market. By 1 going to elite to you the remarkable adventures of a very remarkable Man who went to Market to get a leg Frautton for his sunday dinner. I have heard or read somewhere or Oiler almost similar stories whether they were real or imaginary i am totally unable to Eay Bull can vouch for the authenticity of my Story for i knew the hero Well. In the year 1812, it will be recollected that we hid some military disputes with old England and which elicited some pretty tall fights by land and sea and land we live in was con Nde Rubiy excited upon the subject and Patriot ism Rose to Many degrees above blood heat Philadelphia about that time like All other , i suppose was the scene of much drum beating marching and counter marching and volunteering of the patriotic people. The pres ident sent Forth his proclamations the govern on of Vic respective slates rite Kaleil them soil a Large portion of our Brave republicans were soon in or marching to the Battle Oberc lived and wrought at his the City of Philadelphia about that time s very till slim Man named Houp Peter Houp Flint was his name. A was a very Leidy upright and honest Man married had a comfortable family and to All intends and purposes seemed settled Down for life. How deceptive Liow unstable How Uncertain is Man to say nothing of the More frail portion of Crea Veler Houp one Fiji morning look his Basket on his Arm and off he went to i t Al l reply came though another Rma i for rear of the miscarriage of the first and research Peter never dreamed of extending his i miscarry As the wife never re for that Day certain. A leg of Mutton used them Peter gave himself up As a lost Man his family dead or scattered and nothing but death could end Hia entailed wretchedness. But still As would have it he never again sought Refuge from his sorrows in the Poi from lie Jav. Y. Spirit of tic Tim i. Captain Guy. A Virginia correspondent. One Fine Day in the year 1914, two men started in a Little Schooner called the from a in Maryland abreast of Black Stone s Island with a Load of oysters for a run to Alexandria. They Hod just got Clear of the land and fairly into the Potomac alien they were Dis. Covered by some of Tye British Fleet which was then blockading the River and Chase was immediately the Barge. The Little Hooker was quickly put about and endeavoured to regain her Harbor but she stuck fast Between the Island and the main land. The men on Board owned the vessel and were both captains their names Matthew Guy and Woodward. Guy was a Little Bullet headed fellow As Brave As old Zack and could shool As Well As another celebrated personage of the name who a still living. As soon As the Schooner grounded lie began to prepare his ducking gun to receive the Johnny bulls who were paying them so hurried a visit. For god s said Woodward Don t fire on or they will kill us when they do said Guy ill gite pm Thunder but As you re a Little Rusl ruled i la Lako the Canoe and go ashore and Wail for pm Well he did Hoss he got behind a Blind from Calif Ohma. Sutler s. Gold diggings die. Me to slate one fact which appears to have escaped the attention of other Tetter writers Viz thai the setting in of the Rainy season is by no Means a yearly occur rence. The Winter of which All the severe campaigning of our Sailor soldiers and citizen volunteers was carried excessively severe for California the weather was cold accompanied by heavy Rains and Strong winds from the southward and eastward the rain averaging five Days out of. Seven. The Winter of 1847 was on the peculiarly mild and salubrious Lilit clothing could be worn wit i Comfort in the seaport towns during the months of december and january. In the month of Juno 1849, we Imil heavy Rains a Circum stance before unknown in California even in tie memory of the oldest the win Ter of 1343 Lias been very severe for ibis coun try we May now reasonably expect a Succes Sion of mild Winters for some years although for agricultural purposes the accompanied by rain Are far preferable. I will give As you have requested the readers of the Home journal a sketch of capt. Sutler pronounced of himself his Means Hie fort bearing his name and a few facts in rela Tion to the Gold Region. He is about fifty iwo years of age of middling height straight form and possesses that symmetry and smallness of hand and foot which lord Byron sets Down As a ii not an indifferent article Well cooked a matter Ion Rawlian difficult too to Amateur Cooks and is Good itt of Mutton As can be found an this ads of the big fond arc to be purchased almost any saturday morning in tie Pennsylvania Market wagons which congregate along second reel for a mile or two in a string per could hive secured Hia leg and brought it it inc in an or two at least. Bul hours passed noon came and night Fol Lowed it and in the course of time the Morrow in Pyous sunday Lor which the leg of Mutton was to be bought and prepared and offered up a sacrifice to the household eods and grateful i men of the Latler eee Mcd wondrous he burst v ies bul neither leg of Mutton nor Man i a .1 soned chalice the rum Glass not he. Peter Toile saved his Money and at the end of four years found himself in Possession of a very snug sum of hard Cash a fully and faithfully established Good name. Bal All of this time he had not heard a syllable of Lna Home and All of i a sudden one Fine Day in Early Spring he took passage in a ship and arrived a Philadelphia and in a few Rode from the wharf upon which he landed he met an old neighbor. The astonish for shooting ducks which was close by and As j sure evidence of gentle blood. In matters and soon is the Barge pulled in As soon As her keel i conversation. Captain Sutler is a perfect Chesterfield he is Ivell educated and Speaks several different languages fluently he is a native of Switzerland and was one of Ttye officers of the Swiss guard in the revolution of july during the reign of Charles x. After this revolution quite sure of them till they were separated from i he emigrated to the United states became nalu their arms. The officer in command stood up realized Anil resided several years m Missouri touched the Shore he let Fly a Load of Swan shot and wounded every Man of them but one and before they could recover from their astonishment Guy was Down upon them and sternly ordered them to jump out. He did not feel and shouted out men Are you All dead 1" if they Are said Guy i can soon finish there is no need of that said he we have Well out they jumped and Guy ordered them to March up from the Beach. In n few minutes when the officer began to think a Little he salted Guy if it was possible he had attacked them alone 1 i you Don t March on in said bul let head Dye see Ali Ian holding out Ilia shooting look Peter husband and either Houp darkened the Luiet. Honest and industrious Carpenter left his fee and children full of Hope and happiness he found himself in Blue breeches round a bout and Wack Cap on Board a bound for new Orleans. A Volunteer for the War if Wai to then the Brig was ploughing her my through the foaming Billows and in a one at Mobile As she could few when he spoke of the curative Powers of his Patent Medicine. The first letter is from a lady who keeps a boarding House in this municipality to one of her weeklies the second is his wbb Nejdat 10 o clock p. M. Mr.-------, room no. 24 Send your account by Ray Bill foot it immediately or quit the House. Yours in want of Money. Bill would Here remark is the lady s coloured servant Well known to All the boarders As the Man of All a few minutes after Madame or put her note in the hands of Bill he came running Down stairs crying As loudly As if some person had attempted to Assas Sinate him. The following note which he help in hand and handed to his mistress explained 1 wednesday room 24, about 10 a. M. Reach new Orleans the British under Gen the cause of his wailing. What t being off the Belize. So the call3 footing your Means Withers were landed at Mobile and hurried on ticking his posteriors in bind to the devoted or was to be cresent Houp was not Only a. Good Man mrs. As All men Are to make a false step once o but Brave one. Having gone so far made a step so hard to retrace Maton got bothered be poured the Down i hit Ipiniu up m the saying and finding it convenient to foot your account i in Lac foaled your Bill. Yours though lying easy in bed extremely hard up 1 a n. 0. Picayune. From thence in 1639, lie came to California mid obtained a Grant of ninety Miles Square of land from the mexican authorities his title is a conditional one and May hereafter create trouble for him. In ins private character Captain Sui Ter is kind hospitable and generous. In fact his Genc rosily frequently lays open to be preyed upon i by the i lie Worth Ess. When Why to such Laige demands upon ins Hospi Biily without a recompense he replied what can i do sir they coma hit it eat d. Ink and sleep and sometimes without even thinking me but what can i do 1 1 can not turn ilium out in the wild Forcht. Surrounded Miles in length this will carry fresh water from one of the numerous streams to the different parts of his farm be can then irrigate Hie land to suit himself and will no More be dependent on the Winter Rains for that which u the Only drawback to California As an agricultural Coon try namely irrigation. As far Ai the real interests of California Are concerned i would set Down Captain Sutler As one of the Best men in the country he a enterprising and with a Little More determination of character would soon be a millionaire As it in irom his proximity to the Gold Region he is fan coining Money. The Gold Region proper extends Over a tract of country some two Hundred Miles in length although Gold has been found from the extreme Northern Point of California Range six Hundred Miles South to the City of the Angels. The fear of being accused of what sailors Call warning forbids my stating All i know concerning these but the facts Are so Plain to the evidence of our senses and so Well authenticated by the highest in rank and most impartial in judgment in the govern ment employment Here that they must be believed by Ibe most sceptical. We have seen the proofs a few of which i with name a party of indians under the superintendence of a White Man gathered in two Days tie enormous bum of seventeen thousand dollars. Frequent instances Are known of single men obtaining one thousand dollars in a Day. A Clergyman unused to labor washed in from live to six hours upwards of fifty dollars. A gentleman with one companion in the dry diggings picked up in two Days up wards of three thousand dollars. I could go on for pages enumerating such facts. To state the truth of California wherever there is a Mountain there some valuable Mineral is to be the i Clifta of Home of. It hk9. E. Little. The rigs of Whyl Are Ibey t the Rig lit to labor and to fifty Highl to Natch while Othera sleep. The Nghil o or Olliej woo Lott Ngin to toc ror in a Wilren the while Othera Rume to Buff the fight to love Oiom Oil Fri scorn tie right a All thai mourn the right to nerd new any on Earlb. The right to feel the Oul i High Worth the Rig til u Lew lha Oal to god along the path her Saviour path of Mebane and of lore tie paid of Traitli the Lead above. The path of Palienie under wrong. The path in which the weak get Alrone Sneh and goil will Bleu and Crown their Khampun Al Wilt Luceau. Domestic permit us to Saj to those mothers who inter est themselves in the education of their Chil Dren be assiduous Early to implant Domestic tastes in the minds of your daughters. Let your Little girl set by your Side with her Needle. Do not put her from you when you discharge those employments which Are Ifor tie Comfort of via family. Let her Lake part in them so far As her feeble hand is capable. Teach her that this will be her province when she becomes a woman. with a desire to make All around her comfortable and poppy. Instruct her in the Ujj Menla of that science whose re sults Are so Beautiful. Teach her that not a fish gratification but the Good of a Jouse i i old the improvement of even the humblest found Gold m the California Range quicksilver. Denti 13 he of Ber sex. When yielding eighty per cent., with a rude machine shucelion3 her curio3ity with f and explanations. When Yoa walk out to Call on your friends sometimes take her with you especially if you visit the aged or or Iron there a Sulphur Mountain there warm or Mineral Springs. Timber of Many kinds such , Pray Cedar and red no necessity for that said the As he Vas on ins first settling in this country we be surrendered i some Bay that guv a looped and hollered go that he made them believe a crowd of Fich boys were coming after him and judging from the Sample they did not wish Leeo the rest of flow m and it is also said thai he had bul one Load of shot and that one but one thing is certain he and Mills and do All the labor generally required took hem All prisoners one officer and five or in new Sellic Monte. Captain Suiter with All six men by himself and delivered them up to his landed and other property is subjected to by tried of indians he Lias by kindness and just dealing attached them to his interest and lie now has from three to four Hundred of these indians a cued to Linn and his. , for their food and a pay of from four to sir Dol Lars per month Man Bis fort work1 his farms the nearest Post. The main facts of the above Story May be ascertained by any one who will enquire at the War department in. Washington. The agent for prisoners at the time Gen. John Mason the Many annoyances. When the russians thro ugh necessity abandoned their settlements at Ross and Bodega Caplain Sutler purchased their Stock Cannon furniture etc., and transported them with great labor to his settlements at new Wood is within hauling distance of the mines. The red Wood tree grows to an almost incredible height and thickness it can be split with an axe As straight Ai a and i Hare seen Many houses built of this Wood. I have heard it stated by the owners of these houses that a Coal of fire would set or other houses in a Blaze would Lay harmless on a red Wood House. Of the climate and health of the Gold Region i have before spoken and Asil is late i bid you Farewell. J c. Incidents or a voyage from to Boston. The Sloop wave Captain my Addilen. Railed from Wiscasset me., for Boston on thursday Vesse of to let her be your her to sit by the Eide of the sufferer and learn those nursing services afford Relief associate her a Vii make her your Friend. Purify and perfect your own example for her Sake. And while you. Mingle with Domestic training and with the germ of Benevolence a knowledge of the Vercru of books which it will be a Sweet Phi Vilegi to introduce her should you be Awe to add a single fashion Able accomplishment still be continually thank Ful in shielding her from tie contagion of evil advice to Young ladies. Trust not be Uncertain riches but prepare Tather of senator of Virginia is still Helvetia. This Purchase was effected for a con living. I believe he paid Guy the sum allowed Oid ration of thirty thousand dollars to be paid by government for taking the prisoners. When i in an annual instalment of wheat deliverable Guy came Forward to claim the Reward his i to one of the russian fur company s vessels. Claim was doubled till the officer taken acknowledged him to be his captor. I have heard that the sum paid him by the government for the Barge and the prisoners and their arms amounted to some thousand or twelve Hundred dollars a snug Little Independence for the Brave Little fellow. It a said that the captured officer for some reason or other denied that he was wounded when Guy heard of it he said open his shirt bosom and the instalments owing to the Nafur tunable sen sons have Laid Over for some years and Shuhl a russian vessel appear at this junctures ins Large crop will be swept Avoy at a Mere Nomi Nal value. Suiter s fort now called fort Sac Stonto is situated a Short distance from the Southern Bank of the american Fork on one of the tributaries of the Sacramento five Miles from its Mouth and one Hundred and Twenty Miles from san Francisco. The fort is in form of a parallel Guy 1 believe emigrated some years after j Ogram five Hundred feet in length by one Hun dred and fifty feet in breadth. The Walls and houses Are built of the Oft mentioned mud Brick or a Lobie. Bastions at the angles with Jannon mounted protect till and numerous guns project from the mud Walls. On the inner Side facing the court Are numerous buildings occupied As storehouses dwellings and Barracks for the Garrison. The main store House was rented during the fever of Gold diggings at three thousand dollars per month. The Garrison of the fort being More to Kentucky. Living or dead let us Ever hold in Honor the name of the Veteran who so gallantly served his country fighting on his own Hook and individual responsibility. A wild spark attempts to steal a kiss from a Nantucket girl she says sheer off or i la split your Mainsail with a the Boston girls hold still until they Are Well kissed when they flare up All at once and say i think you ought to be when a Young Chap steals a kiss from an evening. Of Board the Vesse were Captain i Joliase Lefor in i learn to work Mcfadden James window and a Man named and not be Jaepil Jant upon servants to Maio Porter. Winslow acted As mate but Porter was your breast sweep your floors and darn your thoroughly Green he probably never stepped Sloe i above m hings do incl esteem too on Board a vessel Boorn. Yesterday morning Yoang Man who sus. About 6 o clock 27 m Les Northeast of Cape j a hams fees Aud parents by the work Ann Winslow fell Ove Barj. Capt. Mcfall of own car for and re Den immediately lowered the Peak brought the Irmo those Lazy Idle Popin vessel up to the wind and directing Porter to Olio a Finger ,0-Holp diem. Lake the Helm he Cut away the boat and jumped. 8elves 6o a they into it for the purpose of saving the drowning Man. Winslow struggled manfully for some i Lime but just As the boat came up to him the 1 poor fellow went Down. Captain Mcfadden can keep body and soul together and get sufficient to live in fashion. Young women remember this and instead of sounding the purses of your lovers and examining the Cut of to limit Coats look into their hearts and habits. Mark if they trades. Finding that he could not Rescue the Young mar was on the Point of returning to his Sloop when. F land con depend upon themselves see u they he discovered her bearing on before the wind i in ,11 1 have minds Ulrch will Lead Mem to look above and in a Short Lime she was Hull i n a k to i a Butterfly sex Stence. Talk not of the Beauty Cap Tam Mcfadden was certainly in a very i r no it r i Ful while skin and the soft delicate perilous situation. He was More than 2o Miles i i Fino appearance of the Young gentlemen. I considerations engross your Albany girl she says i reckon it s my turn and gives him a Box Oil the ear that he Don t forget for a month. The Western girls however Are so fond of kissing that when saluted on one Cheek they instantly present the other. The Sag Harbor girl mussels and scratches til out of breath when she submits to her Fate with the most exemplary fortitude and Resigna tips without a murmur. When a Young Man steals a kiss from a Lowel girl she blushes like a new blown and says smartly you Darsn t do that twice it the Albany Knickerbocker says it was to cold on monday that it broke up a marriage was coming off the bridegroom s passion being actually Frozen up. My gracious said mrs. Darby won t that big gun go he Captain it Hia no place to o trusty Man Are better fed and clothed than the i farm indians. The crop of wheat raised by Captain Sutler for the year 1848, was upwards of thirty thou Sand bushels which is valued at the round sum of eighty thousand Dollar. is the proceeds from the labor of one Hundred and Wenly five rude indians. He Hai also erected Mills for grinding wheat and sawing Timber and it was in the construction of a dam and race for a saw Mill that one of the persons in his employ discovered the Gold. In letting on the water the Tail race As it is called was found to be too narrow and the water was let in to Wash it wider. It was on looking at the effects of this summary proceeding thai a or. Mar shall discovered the shining particles which have since Given birth to tales almost too romantic for belief. I have Only this to say in re Gard to Are True. Notwithstanding this excitement Captain Suiter keeps an Eye to the main Chance and proposes next Spring with the Aid of his India us to build a canal from land in a Small open boat and a High sea i running. But there was Little Lime for refection he therefore shaped his course Lor Cape Ann and after six hours hard he reached Rock port. Occasionally the sea would break Over him and he would be forced to leave hid oar to bail out his frail Craft. From Roc part he went to Gloucester when lie look the can for this City. As May be supposed Captain Mcfadden was in no very cheerful mood. He was deeply affected by the death of Winslow he concluded of course that his vessel in which he had invested All his properly was wrecked i on some of the neighbouring beaches and he Jared for the Fate of on Board the j cars he detailed his troubles very feelingly and i exhibited his hands blistered As they were by i six hours sculling. On crossing the Harbor in the ferry boat he perceived a familiar Eail driving up the Harbor. Could it be the wave the Peak was lowered just a he left it. He looked again. It was the wave. As soon As he reached the wharf he jumped into the boat and proceeded to meet Hia Craft. Fortunately for his vessel he for in five minutes More she would Hare been slap into some of the wharves. Porter gave a thrilling description of his adventure. It seems that when the Captain left the wave fell off from the Porter was not Seaman enough to bring her again to the wind. As he expressed himself he was in a Peck of trouble Afler experimenting a while on the he finally mastered the Craft and getting in the Wake of a Lumberman he followed her into the the Captain could scarcely believe Hia eyes when he found himself once More Safe on his vessel for he knew that Porter was straight from the Woods of Maine and with such a Navi Gator he had Given Hia Vetuel up is lost. Bottom Bee 3d. Thoughts Beautiful extract. Tim influence of christianity on society if not exerted through tie Cannon of the Warrior and the despatches of the statesman bul in the Sweet breathing of truth that come on the opening petals of the breast of infancy like spice Laden zephyrs from the land of the in the gentle words of love that fall in dewy freshness on the wondering ear of childhood from the Gray haired sires and the Sweet voiced in the nameless tellings of High and. Holy tilings wrapped in the deep unutterable voices of the ancient eternities that come to the client ear of youth before the Din and strife of the babbling world have stunned these inner of the the longing and Wistful thoughts of things of jeep abysmal mystery steal into the soul in its Hencly musings in the solitary the deep hush of the moan ing the awful silence of the hollow the season of gloomy doubt and frantic Effort to scale the prison Walls of mystery and darkness that Ossa and in times of heart air Jaesa and disappointment when reaching Forth the hand of warm confiding Trust in grasps the cold and Slippery skin of the is then that christianity with its wonderful tellings of in finite things comes with apocalyptic splendor and Power and revealing itself to the soul Cre ates those Martyr spirits thai stamp their Linea ments on the enduring Rock. Is there any danger of the Boa Constrictor biting me v asked a visitor at the zoological not the last replied showman never til inn Lin his Wilt let

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