Ecuotcu to politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, iltoralitij, aui eneral Jittelligence. VOL. 26. Published by Theodore Schoch.. - & TERMS Two dollnrs a year in advance ami if not paid before the end ofthe year, two dollars and fitfy t. H ill be rhnrgeU. No paperdiscontiniied until allnrreaiarpskre paid, xcert at th option of Ihe Editor. U7Adtertisemciitsof one qunrenfeighllin?)or !n, oneor three insertions $ 50. Each additional 1 asertion, 50 cents. Longer onea in proportion. printing! fo ALL KIHna. Bxaauted in the highest rtyle of the Art.andoatht most icasorrtble terms. KEOKGG li. WALKER, A large number of Farms wanted. Residence at John Kern's, Main street, Stroudsburg, Pa. Oct. 17, 1867. DK. D. 1. SMITH, UTrm Surgeon Dentist, Office on Main Street, opposite Judge Stokes residence, Spboidsbvro, Pa. 07" Tcetli extracted without pain.-Zfl August 1, 18G7. C. W. SEIP, IYI. D., Physician and Surgeon, Has removed his office and residence to the building, lately occupied by Wm. Davis, Esq., on Main-stroct. Devoting all his time to his profession he will be prepared to an ewer all calls, either day or night, when not professional ly engaged, with promptness. 07" Charges reasonable, -y) Stroudsburg, April 11, 1867.-tf. DR. A. H. SEEM, DEjSTTTST, WILL be pleased to see all who wish to bave their Dentistry done in a proper and careful manner, beautiful sets of artificial teeth made on Gold, Silver, or Rub ber Plates as persons may desire. Teeth carefully extracted without pain, if desired. The public are invited to give him a call at the office formerly occupied by Dr. Seip, next door to the Indian Queen Hotel. All work warranted. April 25, '67. S. HOLMES, Jr. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL CLAIM AGENT. STROUDSBURG, PA. Office with S. S. Drehcr, Esq. All claims against the Government prose eyted with disnatch at reduced rates. 03" An addilional bounty of S100 and of a .a a . IIf $50 procared tor boJdiers m tne laic war, PBKK QT EXTRA CHARGE..) August 2, 1660. MT. VERNON HOTEL, M. &, T. P. WATSON, Proprietors, No.'s 117 & 119 North SECOND. Street, (Between Arch and Rnce,) PHILADELPHIA, PA. Close proximity to the business center of the city, excellent accommodation, and care ful attentien to the comfort and wants of guests are charscteristics of the Mount Ver non. The House has been thorough iy ren oTated and ncw-furnished; The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. October 11, IS66.-1C GUT JIST E5I0L DO MR LIEBE LLTT! A iEW FIK.ll STROUDSBURG, PA., PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION. A DRUG STORE, AM) 1 New and Cheap Stock of Goods. PETER S. WILLIAMS, ofthe firm of DE TRICK &l WILLIAMS, iaving sold out his nh're interest in said Crux, the business will will hereafter be carried on by C. S. DETRICK & CO., at the old Stand as hereto fore, a few doors below the Stroudsburg Eauk. Their Stock consists of a large and varied a tsortment of Drugs, Medicine, Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Paints, Oils, Glass, Window Hash, Blinds, Doors, Var nishes and BrtLshcs ' of all kinds. Call and te Convinced. Mr. PETERS. WILLIAMS, Jeweler and former Partner of the firm, has been engaged fey the new business fires, Charles S. Det rick & Co , to euperinteadliie Clock, Watch and Jewelry Bufcinees. RKARCIl STORE East Stroudsburg, Pa., For the convenience of the inhabitants ofl East Stroudsburg and vicinity, the firm have also opened a Branch Store near the Depot, where everything in their line of .business, together with HOOTS & SHOES, .NOTIONS, &c, will at all times be found jia f assortment, for inspection and pur chase by customers. They bave also on hand a fine stock of PURE & LIQUORS. ,f tie ery fceet iraed. which they offer to Hotel keepers and others, at prices unusual ly reasonable. Drs ia and tee. A s. detrick. s. s. detrick. ' July 25, 1867. r 5TOK c prtmsttTY ron sale I21 Stroudsburir. 1 o - ' riiw it Aui uuvHtc cuniains 7 Kooras, besides Storeroom. Cellar nA Tint. "Lot 52 by 05 feet, with Stable on rear end. For further particulars, address Wm. M. JAMES, Stroudsburg, Pa., or call at the premises, 00 Centre Street, first door from Maia'Stref- A email select siock will be disposed of with the property cf if desired. Stroudsburg, Sept. 12, 1667. BLANK LEASES ' For Sale at this Office. tery. You must have . BOOTS and SHOES. You want, First, to get a GOOD ar ticle. You then want them as CHEAP as POSSIBLE. This is natural and right enough. The question is , WHERE to buy? The subscriber's Store is on Main Street, a few doors above the Strouds burg House (Marsh's),and is by all odds the most ex tensive concern this side of Philadelph ia. I have on sale in all their most fashionable varieties. 1st LADIES & M ISSES J8 BOOTS, SHOES GAI TERS, SLIPPERS, &.c 2nd. MEN'S & BOY'S BOOTS,-SHOES and BROGANS. 3rd. LEATHERS. BIN DINGS and LININGS. 4th. FINDINGS in full assortment. 5ih. BOOT TREES. LASTS and SHOE MAKERS' TOOLS in endless variety. And these things I am W O O determined to sell at pri ces to sun customers. Call, examine goods and learn prices before purchasing elsewhere, and you will not regret it. jSe. 12. C. B. KELLER. NEW GOODS AT Greatly Reduced Prices! I WOULD RESPECTFULLY An nounce to the public, that I have just made large additions to my already exten sive stock and am now selling DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, &c, &c, lower than ever. My shelves are loaded with MUSLINS, CALICOS, DE LANES, and GINGHAMS, of the most celebrated makes, my charges for which will prove astonishing to custo mers. My stock of Dress Goods embracing nearly every variety of style, color and fabric is well worth the atten tion of the Ladies, while in CLOTHS aiidCASSITlCRES, both plain and fancy, I can offer induce ments to gentlemen which they cannot forjro without detriment to their finances. My stock of SUA WLS. YANKEE NOTIONS. Sec, is also full, and is offered low. My assortment ot Coffees, Sugars Molasses, and Syrups, is very complete, ana as usual neia ai a very low figure. 1 have lots of goods the names 'of which could hardly be compressed within the limits of an advertisement, all of which will be sold cheap. Remember, the place to buy, with the best assurance of getting your money's worth is at BRODIIEAD'S Cheap Store in Stroudsburg. March 14, 1867. NEW BOOT & SHOE ESTABLISHMENT. PETERS & BROJILJGY, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS & SHOES, TEMPORARY SALESROOM, Corner 4th d Spring- Garden Streets, EASTON, PA. THE beet assortment of Eastern Manu factures, constantly on hand at the lowest prices. The firm possess great advantages in the selection and purchnee of the best material and approved styles of work, and as it is their intention to pursue STRICTLY THE MANUFACTURING AND WHOIXSALE BUSINESS, they hope to win the - confi dence of all cngged in the retail trade, and merit the patronage ofthe public WM. N. PETERS, ALBERT H. BROMLEY, ilgust 29, 1867. PII0M1X DRUG STOIiK. DREHER & BROTHER, (Opposite the " Jeffersonian" Office,) JCLIZABKTH-8TUEET, STROUDSBURG, PA. Dealers in DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, WINES und LIQUORS for mcdr cinal purposes, SASH, DOORS and BLINDS. All kinds of Paint in ff Materials. ' t Lamps and Lanterns Burning an& Lubricating Oils. (r Physicians' Prescriptions carefully compounded. G. II. DREHER. E. B. DREHER. October 4, 18G6. STROUDSBURG, MONROE -A. Rural Story. The Counterfeiter's Daughter. Amy Fisher sat in her easy chair, watching out into the calm moonlight. She looked unusually pale. There was at her heart that which troubled her, for at intervals she would lean forward and gaze intently in the direction of the high road. Two hours had elapsed since she took her seat there, and often words escaped her lips which might seem strange for one of her years. Amy was seven teen, tall, fragile, and light in motion as a fawn; a soft clear complexion, a round ed cheek, and tender and melancholy blue eyes. Her rich tresses of light wavy hair fell loosely down upon her shoulders, and swept back over her fore head, confined by a beautiful star clasp which she seldom wore except on certain occasions. Amy was allowed by her sex to be a comely girl. Everybody lauded her as a model of gentleness and virtue, and it need scarcely be said that Amy had many lovers. Amy had lost her mother at an early age. 'The sad remembrance often cast a sorrowful expression over her fair face; yet she had always been caressed tenderly by her father, whose only comfort lay in the indulgence of his child. But Reuben Fisher was a drunkard and a bad man. He was a cool, calculating man, whom everybody feared, and whom all shunned with the impression that he was a stran ger in the society to which he belonged. He cared little to mix in politics sel dom voted even for those to whose party he avowed to be attached, and entered his house at unusual hours. No one knew, or even cared, when he was at home. He received no visitors, and had few acquaintances, so that Amy was her own mistress, and no wonder then that her free course of action led her into trouble and pain. The clock on the mantel-piece struck from her chair and eight Amy arose listened. She heard the sound of men's voices ia the hall, and her heart beat vi olently. The voices she had never before heard, and she concluded that something was amiss. She advanced cautiously to the head of the staircase, and paused to listen; but at that momenta gentle tap was given at the window, and she turned round. She heard footsteps in the gar den, and throwing a thin woolen shawl around her, she descended the stairs leading to the back entrance. A few seconds more and Amy had disappeared. Next morning the town of B e was in a state of alarm, a rumor having been spread that Amy Fisher had been arrested for having in her possession a number of counterfeit bills. The tumult was gene ral, everybody interesting themselves in the fate of poor Amy. To her friends the news was a cruel blow, yet they all concluded that there might be some mis take, and if such existed they determined to hare redress. Her companions whis pered among themselves that a change had came over her she was not the girl she' went to be, and sone even mixed her name with that of Harry Corwell. That she had of late made acquaintance with him; but this might have been in nocent and unaffecting had not Harry given cause for every one to shun him. She had been seen the previous evening in company with Harry. At a later hour it was affirmed that several law officers had visited and ramsacked Reuben Fish er's house; but there was nothing found to criminate his character or to give sus picion. Amy was nowhere to he found. A general survey of the houso satisfied the officers that all was well. Persons were sent into the grounds to seek Amy, but after some time spent in fruitless search, they retired leaving a man to take care of the house. The report ol Amy's arrest proved too true. At a late hour cn the evening be fore, she, as it was stated, entered a store in the neigborhood to make a few pur chases, in company with a young gentle man. While engaged in selecting sev eral articles, an elderly man entered and seated himself at a little distance. She gave the storekeeper some money which, alter a careful examination, he politely returned, stating that it was counterfeit. The elderly man roe from his seat and examined the money. Then making some slight excuse, he placed the bill in. his purse and went out. A few min utes afterwards and Amy was arrested. It was a dreary night in prison. Amy, being left alone, fell upon her knees and wept. A load of fear and 6hame lay at her heart; and her bosom swelled with mingled hope and despair. After a brief prayer, she arose and felt comforted, one thought chiefly supporting her, that whatever offense was laid to her chagre she knew herself to be innocent. That evening seemed an ago since she took her seat by the window awaiting the moon light and her lover, and now, overcharged with sorrow, she rehearsed in her own mind all the events of the evening. It was the last meeting they were to take till they should be united and happy. The morrow was to be the bridal day, every thing was ready and all things seemed to favor their intended marriage. Poor Amy. She was on the broad way of transgression. The illicit friendship which she had fostered in her bosom was concealed from every one, and it was on ly by her reserve and retirement that her companions guessed at the cause. Tho' she loved her father, she never placed her confideuce in him. with' that tender COUNTY, PA., OCTOBER and natural submissivencss which char acterises girls of her age: nor was there any susceptibility of disposition ever in timated on her part since he was a stranger to his own home, and never indulged in the sweet and benign com munion which always exists between pa rent and child. Thus the filial ties of af fection were severed at the very time when Amy had most need of direction and advice. Youth seldom paralizes underaffiiction. Amy slumbered after long hours of men tal fatigue. She prayed ere she laid her head upon the rude pillow, and commit ted herself to Him who ever watches over the desolate. It was a long night of un easiness and fever, and the morning brought no brighter prospect to the suf ferer. The court-house was densely crowded. It was a bright day in J une, 18t . Judge Hamilton presided. At an early hour people collected from far and near to discuss the probable issue of the chief trial. In tense interest was manifested by every one. Those who did not personally know her, upon her history being told, gravely shook their heads and uttered indistinct and severe reflections on Reuben Fisher. It was suspected that he had absconded, and rumors spread that the authorities were offering a large reward for his ap prehension. Amy, in the meantime, was placed at the bar, indicted for the unlaw ful possession of counterfeit money. She heard the indictment read with a heavy and trembling heart. A low murmur of commiseration pervaded the Court, and with a burning cheek she concealed her face in her hands. It was a moment of silent and heart-feeling suspense. Poor Amy was pale, sickly and careworn. Her firmness of mind, which bad hitherto supported her through vicissitudes nearly as trying as the present, now almost for sook her, and with a trembling and al most inaudible tone, she reiterated in an swer to the accusation " Not Guilty." The usual preliminaries were gone through evidences were substantiated, and the jury, after a short deliberaiion, returned a verdict of "Guilty." Every eye was riveted on the prisoner who, with falter ing voice, criecj " Mercy I mercy! have mercy on my father! my poor father!" The Court arose tumultously. Ilith- i erto she stood singled out as a felon and a counterfeiter; now a new and unaffect-1 ed sympathy was manifested in her favor. Every one looked to the Bench for the is sue. Whatever lenity might be given her on account of her years, it was evident that the Court tenaciously affirmed their be lief in her guilt. The evidence was di rect without variation and implication of doubt, and unless the Court overlooked its duty, it was certain that the sentence would be both severe and unmitigated The Court retired until the following day. It was midnight. The great bell of St. Nicholas's had chimed the hour of twelve. A social party had assembled in one of these up-town hotels of the great City to do honor to their profession. They were social gamblers, that is, they were local in their mode of speculation, and never staked their effects on the fortunes of the turf. Happily they lived and traded among themselves, except on occasions, when a rich booty offered itself in the shape of a young heir. This they termed " plucking," for the newly-fledged pos sessor was seldom allowed to find matter for redress in any certain individual. He seldom knew which of them had made him a ruined man; and moreover, it rarely happened that the 'unfortunate went away without the fatal " I. O. U." This last is generally a debt of honor; and we have knowledge of young men of this imaginary purity who, rather than merit a reproach irom their vile associ ates, plunged at once into fraud, forgery, and crime. They are ruined by the In fatuation of gaming everything will be resorted to in order to retrieve their losses, till, finally, they are leagued with their betrayers, for tho ruin and degra dation of their younger companions. Then add to the vice of gaming all the fearful and inconceivable modes of dissi pation and dishonesty. Six men had seated themselves round a table, in a private room in one of these dimly lighted palaces, which abound in the city of New York. There were two only engaged in card-playing, while the rest looked on, evidently interested in the issue of the game. The one was Reuben Fisher theothar a tall military-looking man, somewhat more advanced in years. The latter won the game, when Fisher rose from his seat and went out. " He seems to be annoyed about that ere imp of a girl," said a looker-on as soon as Fisher closed the door. " Yes. They say she is locked up for a year in the Penitentiary." " I wonder how the old oone will stand the news? for my part, I think that Rube has no more of pity in his breast than a wolf. He hadn't use to be pitiful." !' Theu you don't think th' old cuss will save her," rejoined tho wiuuer, " tho greenbacks were assuredly his, and it is believed that she never knew they were counterfeit, which I believe myself. At all events she'll bo confined if old Rube dosn't give himself up, which I'm sure he'll never do, even if it were to savo a generation." His companions 6cemed to harbor the same opinion. Re.ubcQ Fisher was a man whose heart never warmed to his fellows. He, nqver had had an iuliiuate; ..... 24, 1867. and as it is said that the h uman breast, however hardened, must love something or somebody, it necessarily happened that he should lore his child. A painful uneasiness settled over him since the night of Amy's arrest. Through out life he has smoothly and indifferently acted as her parent and guardian; but now an intenseness of feeling mastered his inaptitude. Returning iuto the room he advanced with steady step to his an tagonist, and accosted him in a severe and significant tone: " Say Jefferson, you arc the winner. I have discovered it within an hour. Even since I left this room. Look upon that hand. You have made it wither with crime, far blacker than your foul heart. You have no children, no, no sweet girl as I had once, but now no more.- You are a gentleman an official ruffian, hunting for preferment and lucre honor and you are dissemblers. Moreover, you prentend to be a Christian, I don't; but if I did rather than re sort to the vile and contemptible means by which.you live, I would lay my head upon that carpet and permit you to split it with an axe as if it had been a log." He turned abruptly as he spoke and left the room, leaving his companions in a state of surprise. A company of evil doew arc never terrified more than when one of their number abandons their sin ful sociality and retorts upon them for their vile seducing practes. Fisher, al though he had spent years in their soci ety, had never found cause of offence, and, perhaps, might not now, were it not that his child fell a victim to his own dishonesty. The thought rankled like an ulcer at his heart. Ilis foul and abdu rate spirit now met the sad reward of his illicit and nefarious trade; and, although humbled by his misfortune, he never conceived the idea of saving his child at the forfeit of bis own liberty. Resolute as his sufferings could make him, lie bu sied up his spirits with a determination of bordering upon insanity; yet fixing in his mind that henceforth no mau should be his friend or betrayer. With these intentions he huried into the street. He moved on like other peo ple evidently on their business. How eas ily can a dark spirit mingle with the liv ing world; the mysteries of life are deep ly hidden in the noise and bustle of the hurrying crowd. It was ten o'clock when Amelia Fisher, the condemned sufferer, was again placed at the bar. She looked worn and atten uated. The lustre of her once clear blue eye now dimmed its brilliancy in shame. v lolated innocence is the most sorrowful picture that human weakness can behold. There is an innate distress always ready in our bosoms to commiserate with those who suffer. Amelia Fisher was sentenced to undergo confinement in the Peniten tiary for two years. She was led away from the bar amidst' the tears and fare wells of her young companions, and the entire Court regretted that the Law com pelled it to act as it did. There was a rumor in the street as Amy passed through the crowd; and .Reuben Fisher, surrounded by a multi tude, was led. as a malefactor into the court-house. Cries of indignation were beard on every side. Amy was quiet now the power of life had forsaken her, and she was borne away insensible. Reuben Fisher was a ruined and altered man there was contrition at his heart, but also a deep dread of punishment, and these two alternately swayed his con science. After long and severe struggles he permitted himself to be questioned which resulted in a clear and full confes sion of his guilt, which, throughout life, he had carried to a fearful extent. His manufacture of base notes was owing to his inordinate desire for gaming, hoping daily of retrieving his losses, and becom ing an honest man. It was the snare into which thousands fell victim before him; and those who will dare to become honest by fiau lulent means, will in the end sit down disappointed and find them selves the betrayers of their own salva tion. Fisher was teuianded for trial at the ensuing session, and, finally, was sen tenced to penal servitude for eight years. Amelia was released. On the testi mony of Harry Corwell it appeared that she had found the money in her father's room, secreted evidently till further need; and probably might have answered their purpose, had not their intended elope ment intervened. The Court was satis fied and Amy restored. Two years afterwards the town of R e issued its weekly newspaper, and iu pro minent type was the following: Married. On Sept. 12th, at the resi dence ot the bride, by the Re. L. P. Bew Icy, Mr. IIarrv G. Corwell and Mis Amelia Fisher, both of this township. LA NO FORD. The oil regions roust be a rather lively sort of a place. The last we havo from there is of an indignant individual wlio kicked the cover off the coffin the other day as they 'were on tho way to the "dis niul grave." It seems that he was fool ish enough to suppose he wasu't quite dead, and hence tho catastrophe. After some dispute with the pall bearers wheth er he was in his right sense aud mind, he was brought back and put to bed with a fair chance of recovery. About ten days sinco a new well was struck on tho McClintock reserve" of the Wash. McClintock farm. It Is now pro ducing about 125 barrels per day. NO. 31. The Counterfeit Seven-Thirties The excitement with reference to tno newly discovered counterfeits on the 81000 plates of 7-30 bonds continues un batiog this niorning, and the offices of dealers in government securities are visi ted hourly by gentlemen anxious to com pare the genuine with the counterfeits on4 exhibition to see if they can discover anyr points of difference not hitherto disclosed. The counterfeit bonds will not bear a close scrutiny under a good glass, and a coarsen cess in the engraving is plainly perceptible. But on comparing bonds which are known to be genuine, it is found that there are differences in the en graving and printing, which weaken, al though they do not destroy, the certainty of detecting the counterfeit bonds by ' clo.-e comparison. It appears that the genuine bonds are printed in sheets of four, from, at least three, and perhaps four sets of plates. These sets are designated by letters small er than the letters designating the bond. For instance, a bond will be found tobeaar near the upcr right-hand corner just above the red seal the letter A, and im mediately under it, in the A and B plates will be found letter A or b. and in the c. plate the letter c is placed at the right" side of the large letter. The counterfeits so far discovered are on the A and B platC3. Therefore those parties having bonds printed from the c plate may feel comparatively safe that their bonds are genuine. This revelation shows with what coa sumatc skill aud daring the counterfeiters must have pursued their business. They were not content with counterfeiting one plate of four notes, but made two plates, and from these printed the bogus stuff ' which they have so thoroughly circulated- So perfect in the resemblance that had it not been for the duplication of num bers thefraud might not even now havebeen discovered at the Treasury Department, and this circumstances gave rise to a the ory yesterday that the notes pronounced counterfeit were not such, but tjat they had beenfraudulently printed from gen--iune plates in the Treasury Department. This theory, however, is exploded by the fact that it is impossible that such a fraud can have been perpetrated, so per fect is the espionage over the Printing Bureau at Washington. Besides, in one or two instances, at least, a close eompar sion has shovi n that the rejected bonds, are counterfeit beyond question. . The description given by authority or the Solictor of the Treasury, states that the red seal is larger in the counterfeit than it is in the genuine. It will be found that this seal is of tbe same size on the counterfeit bond as it is on tho- Legal tender notes, from which the ope rators doubtless copied. We desire to caution private holders of S1000 7-30 bonds against? being too confident of their ability to detect the counterfeits without the aid of experts In all cases of doubt a little trouble should? be taken to ascertaion the truth, and in his way the labors ofthe detectives who have this matter in charge will be light-' ened. Holders should observe wTiether their bonds are from the A. B. or C plates, by the instruction given above, and, if from the A and B plates, by the instruction, given above, and, if from the A and B plate.whetber numbers are included witl ia the 16,000 or 22,000, which are already known to have been duplicated. By comparison of the bonds A, B. Cr and D, with the A, b, or c plates, it will be seen that there is a difference. For' example, in one bond tbe colon : at the: end of the word Treasurer in the low er left hand corner is in a different posi tion in one from the other. This is but a solitary example among many points of difference which careful examiners will note. It is yet impossible. to say to what ex tent these counterfeits have been "shor ed." Largo dealers are continually re ceiving them, and tardy intelligence comes to the Department that new dis coveries of counterfeit bonds have bee a made. N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, The Johnstown correspondent of the Ebensburg Frctman states that the iroiv ore in the hills around Johnstown is about "played out." From fifty to one hund red men have been searching all the neighborhood during the past three years, yet no trace of ore cau be found. Wheu the miues now being worked are exhaust ed, the occupation of some five hundred men in that place will be gone. The Register give publicity to the fof lowiug seusatioaal item : "A young man by the name of Johnson has peen arrest ed in Pittsburg for perpetrating a new 'dodge.' He fastened bristles on a tail of a rat and theu sold him for a squirrel." A new well was struck last week onr lease No. 2 of the Uennihoff farm, and on Saturday last it was producing at the rate" of fifty barrels per day. . Peter M. Laugh, near Berwick, has raised this year 1,500 bushels of onions Irom twoor three quarter acres of ground. At the next session of Congress, effort will be nude to ol tain an act suthouziug Surratt to be tried in some loyal State. Tin Record reports thirty new well xoing down 'in the viciuity of Pithole a ells ty of Pithole at present. That does not look as though t'ie place vAs affected with the '-dry rot. II
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