The Independent Republican. tITILIIMID et!? TRIMSDAT 11101111110, at Nommen, PA, u $1,50 ru auucz.. Rates of Advertliking. One square (felines or leas)one , week, SO,SC --One square , .. two weeks, 075 One square' •., three weeks, -1 on 4 i i(hie square one month, 1,25 - One squirt. . .. two " months 2,25 One squirethree months, - 5,00 ,One square . 4 ' six inOntim . I, )V,OO One square , " one year, 500 Two squares one ?ear - .....15,00 - Three squares one year, 2o,oo . Fire squares one year, 25,00 One column one year 40,00 Yearly advertisers will have the privilege of alter ing or diongin their . alberthlesaatite witheatad dltinnal. charge. liesiaeta cards, tot exteedlng five Nes, inserted at f 2,0 Jolb k. This dace is supplied with a good assortmmt of -Jobbing materials, and all kinds of Job Work, such as Cards, Pasters,Tarnpltletsotc,, will be done neat. ty and promptly BUSINESS CARDS. William N. Chimer. TTMINET AT LAW, Sr tom. Mmeoritt. -.Prattler. mole In Jt the Crett. Coerce lq R WORN and devotes himself chieSe to t'nrtteeetet.twee. Plaelnem Tom sbmod aW metre prompt at i•ntlon. OFFICE 4Sebeetnnt Street. St Lout; December 22 1103.-ly . • Francis B. Davison, X. D. tr u n ike,t.D.ok stpont it n am.....a orttT. on.v.otste),!4., =lx .nt Cburct. Yoram.", liovesober ISX, • . - C. Winkler. rpinAß. Xior 3tsuerA. sus . q. Co., • oppoldte E. A. r 0 j Preo. olke. New 3(ofenk ?On. 14, 183J4ak • • , OTILL nono.nor the. NAN..F.h.:.IIRT ti - t% ARAN...WAGONS. SIXICMS.. he..l tlibeber•lle arlratr.ANAPllMlbeillt ball *Medal.. atm. sr.ti 1:144 F . it ^ie. to Irinnlow. giber. ar au I.A.a.p n py to tecehe to. calla nt all wan .sat &Wilma/ la ht. Ilse.Montero,. Septtniterll..ll3K-If • H: D. Bennett.- • Mr TIMM!, Amll.v, Xlinaptamta rnnel l y. bernta therell4e Spnuelvataa•pd kle itts . I tlrr " 1 , Alt. sp M."n~tt n. rte..e,J ' " lizs...tt lA' • r - William B. Simpson, iltrirrn REFAlREkbavine worig 144 fst r;sot Tiler .ear• t I rt.n tea moai MP, r••;•ri.t it,' t tat be y t •do 1110 moot dlitleolt .101,* on 'abort nolee. ♦it wok-warranted t. tfT , Jew-elrr rraalnd rvatly: and an rrlow•nalle tam.. Shop la hard 41 , Wef.tre• new- Stare. earner of men sad Turn bekm.Sealit'a Hotel, llontmar, F.. Wm. W. Smith & Co., CABINET Asll(ll,llRMAlCrrW turerl. Feet , imaefin . ter on men , at Po Ise Itmorrwee. wslurrel/40.1 at Mop Ind 145tre Km - are-Po! S: ref:. Hayden trotheis, -tv ITOLES A LE Dedrits in TANkEE NOTIONS. Watches. New N0;0,r.t.,•41.41. re.— P. at Zit, Tort Prices. N.,lfurd.llsF.lFZ.S.-:r COZZI Boyd . it, Weint,er, • ittOotrot c0 ''' Vi. 1 !4!...1 .7 1 . 1,!.! Ifit . i. a lii:t T Trot 1 - .mr Limber. and ail L... rJ 1:01 , 1,nt MworiiilS. 7ta SlinT , !k.itth ear -w, ute, Shop near Mengel:4 rtuia. c. Ainanraa, April • Dr- 0- Z. Dimock, 'no Try.wel& AND sr itn EON. tux perm, bent tv Inntedblm•elf 1 - at AS-.4rool.,floqur..Lsrga Qvlnty, ra. OFFICE over 1111,son & Nm's flot.t• st ready. • -. S!,..lrrar. :D, lUal*rdson E or . r Mu) faro". Stmt. ItiniIING:ZIV, k",4` Ilettrost, Oat. 13, 11.5.!,-Iyp Dr. K. F. Wilmot, RATE'VEE of the AThepathlr ont - UneneoPothie ron.v. et G Mott Moe. t. MOW pernumently located In Great Bend, P. It • e^. e+Ener of Moine and Elsoheth St., neatl y oppeolt• the E. Mar Ist. grißuifrts - R7 - - r. • ... rin SPILGEON DENTISTS. Itraktence and nen% 41 144 4 .... o r pmatr the ftplidflrrch.(North 0100 In Illont• roar. Particular attentlau will la. to Inv* 1.1171 . 11 4101.. n n anal l Ztr4llVar. and to EMng dr,aring G D. Virgil, RE :UV 711 .1 11 - 074." N "ni \?_e7.l:* FA. t'f briattmb no:d Pfleer ;bite Le In the INV INIIA-W4 . A, Mfford, crwitlncr, .T.Nnwr. nem Imennet. en," WNW* Stem. Partir •Isr Eler4l•o •rlll t}al4ll approaching in the distance, Henry, Yanni, and myself, saddled our horses and 'rain do* nto the Mena. One of 'the Lieu tenants and the physician of the ship came can shore with a lettee for the Governor, from the Pasha of Beirut. Henry'and Yen. ni went with them to Tripoli, while I pro eured A boat and went to the ship, which Was anchored about a mile from the shore 1 took tesu a letter from the Lieutenant in artier to obtain pteftlisslon for the people to go on board and gratify their curiosity in friokinp at one of theTargest war frigates in the world. 1 was very courteously received fiy tfle officers; permission was given for the people to come, and whole boat loads of them availed themselves of the privilege. A salute of 21 guns was fired for the town, Which the natives in their simplicity suppos ed was for me! The Ist Lieutenant, who took me all over the vessel and explained to Me all its arrangements, informed me that l 0 panda of powder were used at each dis- Cliarge,.in - all 210 pounds of poider, costing nbout $5O, fur one salute. The cannons are 4f immense calibre throwing tells of Nibs. ;tett. Though there sre two, one at ti mid of the ship, which carry balls of 130 pound each. 1 had the honor of dining with the Commodore and Captain, and the pleas tire of meeting on board Mrs. and Miss San ler*, wife sod daughter of Mr. Sanders, mis iona7 at Jaffa. 'moth the Commodore and Captsiii were very wield and 'polite. They inkirmed me tbst if Mr. Jessup had: waited -4 few days longer In Eletrut v he might have came to Tripoli is *whilst*. At Sic time I Mail IA Mam the. ,, rs did not at come to Tripoli at AIL Afterlrards,"o - had a Mile time te:apare,,they came up.. Through the igapreace of the pilot, dui evvelditi not arrive here until Dearly three at., and weit'avai thissma night. Jest ticite MANS Ott Offeillar Cie* Olk hOlir,di II - 1 NO. 3. to pay hie respecta to the Commodore, and soon after Henry arrived with Carrie Katie, and Sada, and also Yanni, with his brother and their wives. The officers took the la:: dies'in charge, and for sober folks like our selves we had quite. a gay time promenading the decks amid the glitter ,of long rows of bright lamps, glistening muskets, and bur nished steel, while our ears were regaled by the lively national airs played by the fine band in attendance. We tarried , but an,h after dark, and as we pushed-oft in our little native boat, the hand struck up "Hail Co. lumbia,'? which thrilledsour very hearts, and brought back all the fond memories of be loved Fatherland. Oar, Arab 'companions, who of course - could understand nothing of the patriltie emotion!, that welled up within us, expressed their gratification by shoting and tittering the prayer that God would bring hack the noble firigate at no distant day to their shores. And indeed the Commodore promised us that he would return early next sommer,and tarry long enough fdaecomplish a visit to the cedars of Lebanon. The Mace donian, another ship of the Mediterranean squadron, is expected herein a few days. The appearance of such vessels on •fhe coast cannot fail to produce a good impression lip. on the people in the present disturbed state of the country. - * NOVEMBER S.—Henry preached yesterday (Sabbath) in the aape.j. We had a good audience, and though some went out, most of them remained and liatened attentively.- We cannot be too thankful to God that we have to pleasant and eligible a pla - ce for pub. lic.worship. This afternoon the Governor of the city called'on us at our house.. It is the first time in his life he ever ealled n on a mis. sionary. It is.very rare indeed that he ever leaves his palace to call upon any except, a few of the wealthy and aristocratic• Moham medans. lie seemed greatly interested in looking at our 'maps and daguerreotypes, and in listen'pg to the melodeon, but what pleas ed him most of all was Mary's little locomo tive, which was sent her from America, 'and my solar microscope. The sight of a flea, magnified in this microscope, astonished - him almost beyond measure. This Moslem gov. ernor, - after having visited the American frig ate Wabash and seen the American curiosi ties at our house and especially a Syrian flea in an American microscope, seems to have his ideas respecting the power and reaaurces of our country greatly expanded and senlarg. ed. We expect to keep ThanksgiVing day the last Thursday of this month, hoping that you will have the same day appointed in Penn. With - much love to all kind, inquiring friends, I remain as ever. affectionately yoar eon. J. Loaxszo Lross. For Me Independent Republican. RALF AN HOUR IA TOO =ON TO LOBE. - Hair an hour is too much to lose," said an intelligent and refined young lady, one evening, as she resumed her work, which she had neatly folded and laid aside—supposing it was nine o'clock, when it was only hall past eight. "Half an hour is too much to lose," was the simple, unpremeditated ex pression; which fell from her lips, and found a lodgment in our hearis;.lind, though it might not hiCve been remembered by her be. yond the evening on which it was littered, still hundreds of times have its silvery notes soundid in Par ears, with all the freshness of its first salutation; and, though' the voice that gave it utterance is silent, those hands that so diligently „plied the needle that even ing have long been folded in the embrace of death, and The flowers have for years blos. somed o'er the grave of that loved_ one, still that voice, as. if coming up - from the silent tomb, has again and again re-echoed in our ears as we journeyed along the pathway bf life, "half an hour is too much to lose." Yes, half an hour of God-given time is indeed too much to lose. We cannot afford to lose it. Ourcriends and the world at large t esnnot af ford that we should sustain the loss; for, as the wave of influence dies not upon the shores of time, but itiwnlted onward to the "Spirit lAA," so the moments' that we lose are not only lost to us but to our fellow beings to the latest posterity .of earth. ' What dunk ye of it, fellow-students in the School of life? Can you afford to lose the half hours as they fly 1 Pause a Moment. look around you, consider your relation to the human race, the claims of the world upon you, as well as those of the authCrr of your being ; consider well the question, and tell us if the half hours of which life is composed are not all of them too precions to be lost. Tell us, gay butter fly of a mummer's day, young lady of amuse ment, worshiping, at fashion's shrine, poring over'senseleas tirels,, and flirting-with those young men whose,earthly mission seems 'to be to ascertain the number of stars that be long to the ffertiaq constellation, are nut •the half hours of your life of any account, of . any real worth? Fearful is the race you are run ning!. Stop, and consider, lest the day of repentance with you come too late. Lastly, we would inquire, oh young man of dissipation, are notsthe half hours of thy squandered life, which have arisen." pier up on pier, column upon - column," until their bight has outstripped the tower of Sahel, and reached Ifeayen, of too much value_ to be 'oat'? . Already has thy squandered time reached the of the Eternal, and loudly called for vengeance upon thy guilty • bead. Al• ready has the recording angel noted; with cm erring exactness, thy midnight hours of rev elry and mirth, spent over the'wine cup and at-the gambling table, which have captivated thy moral nature and threatened utter des truction to the being " created in the image of God." Say not in thy heart, thus far will we go, and no farther. Self-confidence is the rock on which the multitude in the road to ruin have shipwrecked and perished. Leave at once and forever the - haunts of dissipation.—T Regard the divine injunction, "Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright s" lest thou experience the truth of the declaration, that, " *Liam, it biteth like a seepent andatingeth like an sate= We would not say with 'Whitefield, "Stop, Gabriel ! Stop, ere you enter thef3acred pot ta!s," but we would say in the name of our Divine Master, stop, -young man ! stop, In thy mad career, or you sour as enter the Sacred portahi of Etenial day, and be re sented before the throne, as a " sinner, con; vetted-to God.!' L. L. C. vir Keep go'cid coiripany or Done, • Par hie htiesessesst Renelli mini non 11170111ilki. -. liiictioutoe, Jen. 7, 1 . M 1741111.. EDITORS : -- hl a bile bum of your paper there hi a letter fr om 1. 1., which seems to have been elicited bra re mark in My hurt, about the cause of educa tion-in this section. The only paper publish ed in this County, is a stencilerea" to furnish late and untiortanknew; and I wax not &Ware that - our County Superintendent had gone across the border, "to teachi and board around," until the letter above refer red to informed me. Mr. Davis is a &tit rate good fellow, and it is to be hoped, the -. Springville -bins will profit by - his labors amen them. . My remark that the people hen rnve some erroneous notions about the School Law and County Superintendent, will answer not only for this latitude, but for some' ad joining localities. Although Susquehanna County has taken high ground in regard to these matters, there has been, within its'at its, and still is , good deal of groinbli ,--- * 11 11 and I believe some efforts have been ado to change the School Law, and do Sway irith the office of County Superinten4nt. It is not to be wondered at, that our ceun ty Superintendent should be obliged to teach. "- •ollow some other bueinees than the of hts'pffiee, for I believe his salary is only is 50. I ddmet think it very creditable to the pi rectors, that they fixed upon this small stn, hut this is a small County, so file as its geo., graphical extent is concerned, and it i r as thought that it would not requirS near ol of. a man's time, to look after all the schools. There Is certainly-an increasing rnteresin the subject of education among us, and I h pe 1. 3. 1., (or any "1" else) will not, from the ' single circumstance-to which helhas alluded, "infer that Wyoming is deficient in all the essentials of true greatness," until be cornea and sees us. Allow me to thank him kindly fur the suggestion that the people of W-yo ming come to Susquehanna County and board . around." If I only knew his real name! I ' would try to induce some of our folks to commence hoarding around, at Fairdalepand take'* few lessons of 1. 3. 1: A few days since, as-Mr. - Harding of t. is place, with his wife and another lady, was crossing - the Martin Creek in idge, the plaeks broke under the horses, letting them both partly through. By cutting the harness, the succeeded in getting them both out, not much' injured, when one of them in flouncing around, pitched off the side of the bridge, failing : a distance of about 20 feet =it didn't-kill him, - and time will show whether he is much ',in jured. A year ago last summer a drunken man fell cent the same place, and it didn't kill him either. It seems to me rather. commendable when any one breaks off from a bad lial3lt e for ex: ample such a one as chewing tobacco, but now and then it happens that a bad habit] is broken up " nolens instead of " volens." A = little experience on this point, lust related to me by one of uncle Jesse's sous, quite.ana ed tne. He was at a party somewhere, list Fair-night, and New-Years' morning, stared afoot and alone, about 3 o'clock, with fish bait, hooks, axe and " tilt-ups," to catch pick- 3 erel, in. a lake some 6 Miles distant. Justl at day-break he had the holes cut thro' the ice, - and all hie hooks set—and now anxiouly waiting for a bite, he takes a big quid of to bacco. Soon one of the rqOat distant tilt-tx 3a begins to bob up and down, lively, &awl. g that there is a big fish on the hook. "Avr:y . he starts for it, at full speed, when sudde ly he finds himself slipping through an old fi.h hole into water 20 .feet deep. The suddin ness of this cold plunge bath, caused him to gasp, for breath, and in so doing, he swan*. ed a large amount of tobacco juice, -wh i ch nearly strangled him. By a fiesperate-eff rt he made out to save himself and the fish e was after, when he was forced to lie down on the ice: and such a rendering up of ac. counts as followed ! He avers that he w never in his-life so deathly sick, and at tic t, he doubted Byer being able to get off thei . The tobacco, - however, soon spent most of i force, as an emetic, and in so doitig, t k away all appetite for the vileweed—le as s he can't chew any more of it. I think it would be well for all who ale confirmed in this vile habit, to swallow, a dd coction of the weed, and the prescription is gratis. = Our Singing School Is progressing fieely-r -having grown cautious, it, is sometime . sini I went through the "ice" I was pleased , the other morning when I 1 I handed my friend B. a letter—on opening it., he found a small note, from a little boy in Minnesota, to-whom he had sent some b00k4.. The littlelellow acknowledged the receipt the hooka, thanked him, and said, "if yoW send me any more, I think I shall send ; yob a present !': When I went to the Post-offi4e in the afternoon B. handed me a package of books to put in the mai!—and this reminds me of what occurred as I was returning fro Montrose, yesterday morning. A boy abo t four yeat=s of age, on his way to school ha = Mg about a mile to go, got out of the pat with his sled,-for me to pass by. Ilegladl accepted my invitation to ride, and I son landed him at the school-house As he go out of the cutter, he paused several second , as irthinking what to say, when opt it cam " You are welcome !" "Thank you," said I, "now we are even." I shall not, soon forget! his genuine civility. I take a trip West next week, and if tim/ permits; may write during my absence. YoW will not wish a longer letter, unless it ~ tsins something . tnore sensible than this does I remain as ever, Very Truly Yours, Srmrruss. lATZICOI3IIIIL—The spiritual,in tercourse is certainly enlarging. The Paw tucket Gazette relates the following _pleasan incident of spiritual commintication " enthusiastic believer was relating tea skep ' • the spiritual perforinancei to which he cou testify, and among other things said that . • ' & certain occasion the spirit of his wifir, w • . had been dead neveral - years, returned to him and seating herself upon his knee; put he arm around him, and, kissed him , at much his gratification.= she used to when living You do not mean to say,' remarked the skep tic, that the spirit of your wife really gm' braced and kissed you r 'No not emit that,' repled the spirit believer, 'but her spiri • took possession of the body of* female me diem, and through ber embraced and It • . me.' We presume that believers are one • as willingly deceived as man was." • Ai hauls- Parr 9roca.—The way the manage the post olfms at Rome, - Italy, i queer, rather. A comedian recently appli for a letter at the post.oftoe,- and was tol. there was forty cents to pay for it. "I out' , pay that," laid be, " for i know what's in it.'i " Well, bow mach will you givel" asked th postmaster. " nor sous is all it is to me," said the co:Oodles. " Welt, take' then," replied the postmaiter, "for Pre read It, and les only a lore letter !" or Why will Maarten's enthlein out those of England, France, 'Wind and z • land t Beceni the ton must fade—the 11l droop—the abantrnik die—the thistle wither 1 but the state are eternal ' I ior Wigan s nom wpm* s promise %ateopio be mop to NI you. I 8. 8.8