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announce that thoy have entered into co-partnership
in the practice of their profession in Northumber.
land and adjoining counties. Consultations can k
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Attorney Bt Law, BUNBURY, PA
Collections attended to in the conntiue of Nor
thumberland, Union, Bnydcr, Montour, Columbia
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. REFERENCES. 1
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A. U. Cattoll Co., " '
Hon. Wm. A. Tortcr, "
Morton MoMicbaol, Esq., - .....
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John W. Ashmcad, Attorney at Law, "
Matthews Cox, Attorneys at Law, "
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Entrance on Murket Bquaro,
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TTADDISON 0. MARR,
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tJHAMOKIN, Northumberland County. P.
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Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,
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Pennsylvania.
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fJUNllliRY, PA.
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JEREMIAH SNYDER- -"-Attorney
.V 4'ouue!Ior ut
WI -Mil It V, 1A.
j.VIisriet Attorney lor Nortsissna.
Ies-lnnt t.'osinty.
J. R. HZLBUSH
SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCR
AND
JUSTICE OF TUB l'EA CS.
Mahonoy, Nrrthumlnsrhnul County, Penn'a
Offieo in Jackson township. L'ngsigcinent ess
be made by letter, diroclvd to the abov e address.
All biuiuust untrustod to his ewe, will be promptly
attended to.
April 22, 1863.-1 '
JXOOB OBBOK.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer in
CLOTHS, CAS3IMERE8, VESTING, 4c.
I'un street, tsoutb a Weaver's)
llotel, .
BXJNBU B Y, 3? -A..
March il l-oo
"TO BtriLDZZaQ.
INDUW Ulaw aad Building Matdvar, at the
lowest Car. Price at
lb Maui-io t tftorsof
U.Y. FRIL1NO.
A LL snd w tn. beautiful Burd Cages itt tb
w iIrdw-rstoro . . ., . "
J. U. C0MEi CO.
INTRODUCED NTO AMERICA :
, FROM GERMANY", in 135. -
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS.
" " on. '
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN . TONIC,
mzrjRED ar vs. c. it jaCksox,
rnii.ADii.rniA, Fa. . (
The greatest tnonvn rtmtJitJ for f
Iiiver Complaint, '
dyspepsia, v : ;
Nervous Debility,
. ' JAUWDICE, .,
" - ' Diseases of tie Kidneys,
. . EEUPTIONS of the SKIN,
ml all IMseaise arising from Dl- .
ordered Liver, Stemach, r
ixi'uniTr or this blood.
Ktad the fallowing tymptimi, and if ym fni that
your sjtftm is oJfr.cted by any of thrm, you avtjp ri ,
asiurtd that disease has commenced its attack on the
most important ortms of yonr 6o.y, and unless som
checked by the use of powerful remedies, a miserabU
life, soon terminating in death, Kill be the mutt.
Constipation, Flatulenoe, Inward Files,
Fulness ol Blood to th Head, Aoidity
of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart
burn, Disgust for Food, Fulness
or Weight in the Btomaoli,
Sour Eructations, Sink
ing or Fluttering at the Pit
of tho Btomaoli, ttwimuiing of
tho tfoad. Hurriod or Diffloult
Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart,
Choking or Suffocating Bonaations when
in a LylngPooture, Dimness of Vision,
Dots or Wobs before the Bight,
Dull Fain in the Head, Defi
ciency of Porspirntton, Yel
lowness of tho Bkin and
Eyes, Fain in the Bido,
Back, Chest, Limbs, etc., 8ud ' . "
don Flushes of Ileal, Binning in 1
the Flesh, Oonstant Imnginlngs of
Evil, End Great Dopreasiou of Spirits. '
Ml Uteee indicate disease of the Liver or Digetliv
Organs, combined with imjpurt blood.
fjooflanb'o crmmt Uittcro
I cntlreljr vegetable, and contains no
liquor. It ta compound of Klull fcla.
tracts. Tbc ltoola, Herns, and Hark
frotu which thee extracts are made
are gathered lu tiersuany. All (ha
medicinal virtues are extracted from
the in by a scientific chemist. Theao
extracts are then forwarded le thl
country to be used expressly for tba
manufacture of these Hitters. There
Is no alcohollo subs, anc of any kind
used In compounding the liltters,
hence It Is the only Bitters that can
b used In cases where alcoholloaatlm
ulauts are not advisable.
IjooflantVs cvmna Sonic '
is a combination of all the inaredicnts of the Hitters,
with ruHB Santa tVtit Hum, Orange, etc. it is used for
the same diseases as the Hitter, in cates whrre some,
pure alcoholic stimulus is requiretL 1'im will txar in
mind that these remedies are entirely iliffrunt front
any others advertised for the cure etf the ditmtee
named, these being iiientiAc preparations of medicinal
extracts, while lite ot Iters art mere, decoctions of rum
insomcfarm. ThelOXIC is decidedly ant oftltemosl
pleasant and agreeable remedies seer offered to tlt
pitldic. Ms taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure Ut tttke
tt, while its lifejiritty, exhilarating, and medicinal
qualities hues caused U to be known at the greatest of
all tonics.
. CONSUMPTION.
TliotiBand of wliffM Ike
ll?nl niiocl he was I111cltl with
till flcrrtbic dlveaacB have hern cured
by t he me of t hei icmvdlr Kitrcmt ,
ciiimcI lu, lclillllyf and con git ara
th umiimI attendants upon tevcie '
cmvi of dyvpepala or dlicMt of ha
digestive organs Kven In cum of
grnnliie CAnsnmpIloM these remedlre
will he found of the grvate.it bcnefll
tlreiigtUculBg and Invigorating..
DEBILITY.
Tfitrt u no medicine equal to Hotflm&' (hrmm
Bittm or Tmie in categ of Debility, fhsy i,npmri a
ttm' tW vitor to the whold tyttem, strenfftiim t?tt
jetit mute an enjoyment of Ute fodt enable the
ttmmtch to tixQitt it, purify the blood, give a fftrtxi,
tmtwt, htnllhy eompleon eradicate the yellow tiuyt
from the eye, impart a biomm to th$ chmk. and change
the patient from a tkortrtatkeH, emaciated, weak,
ami nrnosit invalid to full-faced tttmt, nd vigor
oueptrsoj. w . -
Weak and Delicate Children
arc ni ad atroag by using tks Bitter
or Tost!. In lact, t)y ar sVamlly
Medlolne. Tkcyeaa be administered
with perfect safety a child thrc
months old, the most delicate feu-ale,
or a man of ninety.
These Jlemtdies are Us best ' ','
... mood Purlflerst :';
ever known, and will curs all f ieuet resulting from
bad btootl. 1 . ....
Keep your lined pure ; keep your hirer in order;
lcrrp your digestive organs in a souml, healthy condi
tion, ly the use of Oust remedies, and no disease will
ever assail you.
T.S3 O021PL3SIC1T.
Ladles who wish a fair skin and
Rood complexion, free from a yellow
h tinge and all other dlAgwu-euint,
shoulfluse thsse remedies occasion
ally. Tlic 1.4ver In nerfeet order, and
th. blood pure, will result lu spark
ling eyes and blooming cheeks.
CAfTlOSl.
iTooftand's German Jtemedies are rottnterfritttl.
The genuiw hare the signature of t Ji. JnvkoesH
on the front nf the ttutside wrapier of each bottle, uttd
the tttime of the article blown in each bottle. AH (titers
are counterfeit.
Thousands of letters have been r
elved, testifying to th virtue of tk.
remedies. ,
BEAD IHB EEOOMMESCATIONS.
VKOH HON. GEO. W. WO0DWAKD,
CUif Jtutiee ef the Buprsiae Court ef Pwmi IrauU. ,
rsuuniLrau. Mahcs ISiU, lteT.
nI "tloofamiTs Oirman Bitters" is not an into
inittng oerereuje, but is a good souse, useful in disor
ders of the diirstivs organs, and of great Itnett in
oases of debility and want of Hereout action in the
syitem. lours truly,
. a to. : woodward.
HOM HON. JAMES TUOMrSOH, .
Jailgs of lb S.rMu Court of rwiueylvauia.
- . raiunsLraii, Aran S)tb, Its.'
I rouslder " lloofland's Oarau lilt- 1
lers" a val-eiMa mmfielneln case of at
tacks of ludlgestlon or Dyspepsia. 1
can certify this from my eapcricsaca
of It. l ours, with respect,
. J A Jul-. TUiSnl .
rroia BtV. JOSEPH H. KESNABD.DJ),, t
Paiitur of the T.utk DsplUt Church, FIM.!iila. .
Da. Jacksoji Dill gia :Ihave been fremtently re-
Suetted tet toitnsot my namt with rtoumenetiaastant of
qfertut intvte of medioinm, but regarding the praetirt
as out of my approftriatt sphere, 1 have in all cases do- '
dined ; but unlit a aletw proof in various instances, and
particularly iumytmnfamily.afthe usefulness of Sir.
JloananoTs Herman Hitters, I depart for anoefrum my
usual aotsrse. to express my full eouvictum that fr
g.Hi.f-1 dcUlit. of th. system, aad p Wly Liter
CtMnplsuit, it uawife sutl fslual.ls r.rUua. 7a
smn eases it may, rati; but ututttly. J doubt mat, it unto ,
be uery besteUiul kt those who ' from the utonf t ,
causes. yours, very respectfully,
. j.u. jssisivj tta,
' Might, Wow Cbates SI.
Price of the Bitters, tl.OO per bottle 1
Or, half dozen for 93.00.
Price of the Toolo, (1.60 par bottlj
Or, a half do-en far 97 JO.
Th Tunic is put up iaqeart bottles. '
Recollect that it it lie. linolaud's German Remedies
that art to universally used and so highly recommend
od 1 and da not alum, the Uruggisl to induce you -take
any thing else that he may say iljust us scurf, k
cause he makes a larger proju uu it. s'hese lUmodies
unit bt ton! by express to any locality upon apjtUcaUuu
FIUNCIPAE. OFFICII,
AT THE OCRMAN MEDICINC STORE,
At. (01 A ECU ' TKKET, niladelphia.
. CHAS. M. SVAVS, Proprietor,
f orasrly 0. M. JACZS0V 4 CO.
Thse Hemedle ar for sal by
Prugglsts, bioreks.usrs, aad Mdl
clue ilealers everywuer.
fit not forget lo examine well tin at tide you buy, in
otdtr to get thegeuutu.
POETICAL
, , , "LET TJ8 JIAVB PBACB.'S , .
, Gen. V. S. Grant' Letfr Accptantx.
BT WM. OLANE B0VHKE. ,, .
Let cs bate Peace !' is th erj of th millions
Who fought for th starry-gemmed nag of the fr ;
'TIs th prayer of the Hero, the song of oiviliaus, .
Thst rolls from the mountains far down to the soa.
Th natien that rooked in the tempest and gloom,
And drifted in donbt to be wrecked on the shore,
The storm has outlived, and tho thunders that boom
Ar voices that prophesy tempest no mor.
"Let us bsva Peace !" Is the sigh of the lowly,
That walk la the vale where the cypress is seen,
Who mourn thsir departed with tenderness holy,
And kneel wher the graves are perennially
green ;
And whore the Unknown," in their silence, are
sleeping, .
The feet of the angels are pressing the sod,
And vespers of harmony round them are keeping,
While Martyrs of .'reedoin hav gone to tiieir
' . . God.. . . ,:. . ... .
"Lot us have Peace !" tb evsngel of Labor,
Whero toilers imploringly lift up their bands ;
Go! wipe off tho stains from the death-dealing
sabre.
And build th bright altar of bops for all lands ;
Lo ! radiant from darknoss th torn pie in glory
Throws wide to th world the broad aisles of tb
fan;
And freemen shall toil as they nttcr the story,
And children repeat to the ages again.
"Let ns have Peace !" Is the chorus assembling
From hamlets that lie 'mid the pine-covered hills,
And like a glad anthem In unison blending,
Floats on till the plain with its melody thrills ;
And rivers that roll to the land of the West,
And prairies that wake to tho hymn of the free,
With millions of freemen imploring for rest,
Swell psalms of rejoicing while bending the knee.
"Let as have Peace !" from the war's wild commo
tion, The trumpet's alarms, and tho crash of th field,
And lot the now bliss like the billows of ocean,
Roll over the land where the liero has kneeled ;
The smoke of the battle hns swept from the sky,
The thunders hare oeased, and the bugle's wild
blast;
The ohains have been riven ! and loud from on high
The roveille calls to the love of tho Past!
"Let ns have Peace !" in a holy thanksgiving,
Th liero-voice cries, in the name of the Lord !
For the sake of th dead ! for the sake of the living !
Turn spears into pruning-hooks to plowshares the
sword !
And out of the darkness shall come forth the beaming
Of O lory's bright sun where tho foemen havo trod,
And Freedom shall toach, with a truth all-redeom-'
lng,
That Peace with our Brother is Peace witu
ovb Ujs!
TALES AND SKETCHES.
wiuow imowrvM oil. .vi:ii..
Mr. Anastiuia Drown, comaionly known
its tbo Widow Brown, owned nnd cultiva
ted a small farm of ten acres 111 a little
Puuusylvauiu town. TI10 lium'jlu home
stead corresponded in size to tbo furtu, be
ing a one story cottage, comprising but
three rooms. The land was not very pro
ductive, but Mrs. Drown bad only herself
to provide for, uud thoutrli her income
would hardly warrant her living luxurious
ly: on the other baud there wan no dancer
of the almshouse. On the whole, the widow
might be considered comfortably provided
for, though her funn and bouse together
would have becu dear at a thousand dollars.
lut Mrs. Antietusia was not contended,
fclhe was an ambitious woman, and bent oil
bettering herself if tho opportunity ever
presented. To a lady under her circum
stances a second marriage w ith an eligible
party seemed to be the readiest road to
higher station. But the widow's personal
advantages were hardly of a character to
inspire very lively hopes in that direction,
She was tall and gaunt, nnd her share of the
perishable, but rather desirable, gilt of
beauty, had been below the average. Be
sides she was cow forty-five, and therefore
Ci rather doubtful eligibility. .
It chanced that the wealthiest man 10.
town was a certain 'Squire Ebenezer Pograui,
who in addition to an c-celleut iurui of
three hundred acres, had a comfortable sum
invested in stocks and bonds. lie was a
widower, and in the market. His wife would
be the foremost lady in the village For
this position there was more than one aspi
rant, but among them all, none, apparently,
stood so poor a chance as Mrs. Anastosin
Brown. But none the less the widow laid
her plans to capture the citadel, and cir
cumstances, aided by her own shrewdness,
asbistcd her to accomplish it.
About this time tho petroleum fever was
at its height. There was a wild excitement
generally, not only in tho districts where
potroleum had been discovered, but specu
lation was rife in the commercial capital,
and companies with flaming prospectuses
were daily springing into existence. Farms
which would be considered dear at twenty
dollars an acre, allatonco enhanced in value
to fifty, or even a hundred fold, and the
owners, who had hitherto found it ditScult
to earn scanty subsistence, all at once
found themselves rich beyond their wildest
dreams.
Among those who cherished hopes of
wealth from this sources was 'Squire Po
gram. He saw no reason why his own acres
might not prove to be flowing with oil, and
he instituted some preliminary investiga
tions, which had only resulted in disap
pointment Though already a man of abun
dant means, he was inclined to be grasping,
and bad no objection to doubling or treb
ling hit present property. In fact, that love
of money was the ruling passion with the
'Squire, and this was not unknown to Lis
townsmen.
Mra. Brown, aware of this fact, determin
ed upon a coup tV etat, if we may bo call it,
with a view of taking by assault the band
of the 'Squire for his heart she cared but
little. One morning the expressman brought
to Mrs. Brown's cottage a' keg which was
evidently full of tome liquid.
"Fifty cents, widder," he said, as he lug
ged into the back room and deposited it in
the corner. ''It's rather hefty."
"Yes," said the widow, "molasses is hea
vier thau most anything else."
"Molaases, is it f Wall, now I reckon it'll
take yon a mighty long timo to use up a
keg full of molasses."
"I'm fond of it," said the widow, shortly,
' 11 Yes, but there ain't but one of you." -
"I don't know but I shall take a boarder
or two, if I can get them," improvising a
fib on the spur of the moment.
"Then you'll have to piece your bouso, I
reckon." ,
The widow was glad when the express
man with his iutrtibive curiosity was gone.
In the country it is very common to com
ment with tho utmost freedom upon tbo
plans and proceedings of ono's neighbors,
and this sometimes has its disadvantages.
The widow did not open the keg until
the neit day. Then, instead of molasses,
she found the content to be petroleum oil.
It might liuvo been supposed that the sub
stitution would hare proved vexatious, but
the widow took it very coolly, felie man
aged to et the keg down the cellar stein,
where Bhe locked it op in a closet. First,
however, she filled a common water-pail
with the precious liquid, and going to the
'well deliberately poured it flown. After
this rather singular proceeding, the looked
carefully up tbo road until she saw a horse
and buggy approaching, which she well
knew belonged to 'Squire l'ogram, who al
ways came over the mad about that time,
to visit a small house which ho was build
ing for tenants a mile beyond. . . ... ,
The 'Squire was juxt Vbiuust of the cot
tage when tho widow ran out and hailed
him.
"O, 'Squire Pogram," she sail, "won't
you just drive into the yard a minute ? The
water in my well tastes so strjiugcly. , I do
believe it's petroleum."
"Petroleum 1" The 'Squiro prickod np Ids
earn, and mndo all haste to do as requested.
"You don't say so, widder 1" ho exclaim
ed ; "when tlid you notice it fust I"
"I didn't reailv notice it much till to
day," said Mrs. Brown. "It might have
tasicu a uttiu queer, may be, but to-day it s
very strong." .
"Let mo taste,", snid the 'Squire. "I can
tell if it's that or something else. It may
be some dead critter that's got drowned in
the well and poisoned the water."
"O I I hope not," said tho widow, in a
tono of alarm. "I wouldn't have my well
spoiled for a great deal."
"Except by petroleum," suggested tho
'Squire. "I 'sposo you'd bo reconciled to
that?"
By this timo they reached the well, and
the 'Sqniro had already commenced lower
ing the bucket.
The widow was quite confident nf tho re
sult, the oil haviug been so recently poured
in. Still she felt a momentary alarm lest it
had become so diffused that the portion of
water drawn oil would show scant traces ot
the admixture. But when the bucket came
again to the top, she was reassured. On
the surface of the water was a coating of oil.
That was clear enough.
The 'Squire looked at It eargerly. His
recent experiments qualified him to
jadge in the matter. Ho was silent a mo
ment. '
'Well, 'Squiro Pogram, what do you
think f asked Mrs. Brown, eagerly.
'I do believe you're right, widder. I'm
inclined to tho opinion that it's genuine
petroleum.' -
'You don't say so, 'Squire 1 Well, I'm in
luck once. - - '
'I nint certain. Suppose you give me tho
dipper nnd I'll tasto it.'
The dipper was brought, and 'Squire Po
gram tasted. The taste produced some con
tortions of tho face, for petrolvuui oil as a
beverage can scarcely bo regarded as plea
sant, even when largely diluted with fresh
well water. , r .
'Well, 'Squiro i' .
'Mr. Brown, there aiuta dou'.it of it.
There's ctroleum spring on your farm, and
it hns broken out in your well.
'Laud Bakes, 'Squire, who would havo
thought it. And there aint another petro
leum well in town.' . .
No ; that is, none 1ms appeared yet,
though I have reason to think some may be
found on my farm.' , -
'It's so unexpected, 'Squire,' said the wi
dow, immediately. "I really don't know
what to do about it. What would you ad
vise? You've always been a friend, and I
can depend on youradvico.'
'Well,' said the 'Squiro, clearing his throat,
and speaking in a cautious toue, 'I think I'd
sell the farm.'
"Sell the farm 1' ejaculated tho widow.
'Yes,' continued her adviser, moro confi
dently. 'Being a lono woman, you cau't
sink wells and work the petroleum yourself.'
'But, 'Squire Pogram, I ought to get the t
benefit of it,
"Certainly ; tlie farm is worth moro than
it was. I shouldn't mind giving two, well,
three thousauJ dollars for it, and that is
more than three times what it would have
brought before."
"I don't thiuk I hardly want t-j sell for
that. 'Squiro. I get my living off it."
"Yes, widder ; but consider what would
be the interest of three thousand dollars in
vested in government bonds seven thirties
for instance. Why, it would be moro than
two hundred a year."
"Yes, 'Squiro; but that would hardly
support me."
"I'll tell you what,' widder, I'll give you
threo thousand dollars', and you shall live in
the house, rent free, ns long as yon choose.
Come, that's fair, isn't it ?"
"On the whole, 'Squiro, I don't thiuk I'll
decide just yet. Seems to mo the farm
ought to bring more'n threo thousand dol
lars. I'm obliged to you for your friendly
offer, but I guess I'd better take time to
consider, and perhaps consult some other
friends."
"Widder," said 'Squire Pogram, feeling
that the rich prizo wan in danger of slip
ping from bis grasp, "I'll tell you what, I
know it's foolish, but as you are an old
friend, I won't mind saying four thousand
dollars. It may be my loss, but it'll be your
gain."
"I'm suro you're very kind, 'Squire Po
gram, nnd I hope I'm properly grateful for
your kind interest, but I hope you won't be
offended if I don't decide just yet. I thiuk
I'd better go and see lawyer Norcross."
"Don't go and see blm, whatever you
do," said 'Squiro Pogram. hastily, for he
feared that the lawyer would overbid him.
"Promise to consider my offer until this
afternoon, and until then not to tell a living
soul about what you have found in the
well."
"Very well, 'Squire, I'll agree to that.
Tisn't long to wait till then."
"I'll call In again at three o'clock. Don't
forget your promise."
"I won't."- -'' ' t:" '
'The 'Squire drove out of the yard, and
the widow, with a smile of triumph, looked
aftor him. '
"I'm pretty sure of being Mrs. Pogram, if
W ' - a - M 1. -. Al 1. A.
1 work my caras ngoi, sue tuougnt. , .
Meanwhile the 'Squire drove away in a
brown study. To think that the prize for
which he bad sought should aftor all have
fallen to the lot of tho widow with ber ten
poor acres. It was certainly strange. Now
how should he find bis own profit in it t
If bo could buy the farm even at five thou
sand dollars, be could readily make it pay
blm fifty thousand dollars. The indications
were that the oil spriDg was rich one. At
any rate, the water be drank smacked
strongly enough of oil. ...
But would tho widow sell! This was
the important question. The more time she
bad for thought, the higher probably woultrl
her price advance. If sbe consulted JNor
cross be might as well give it up as a lost
chanco, for the lawyer would be as anxious
to secure it as himself. That was not to be
thought of for a moment. But what if
Mrs. Brown declined bis offer I Was there
110 other way I
It was just nt this moment that the other
way suggested itself. IIo was a widower,
Mrs. Brown was a widow. By marrying
her ho would secure tho farm, and hot bo
compelled to fay down a dollar, beyond
the minister's fco for uniting them. Mrs.
Brown was not exactly tho woman ho had
Intended to rcurry for his second wife; eho
certainly was not handsome, but 'Squiro
Pogram was a practical man, and he knew
that she was a smart, prnctical woman, and
would keep his household in good order.
Perhaps it would not be a bad plan. At
any rate he could hold it in reserve.
Punctually at threo the 'Squire rodo up
to the door of tho cottage. . .
"How about tho well, widder t Docs it
taste as strong as ever?"
"Wuss and wus. 'Squire. Here is eomo
water I just drawed up."
The 'Squire did not need to taste it. Ho
could see for himself that tho proportion of
uu was greater man in ma morning.
"Well, widder," ho said, "have you clod
ded to take the four thousand dollars I of
fered you ? You seo that it will save you
all trouble, and you can live comfortably
all the rest of your days."
"Thank yon, 'Squire," said the widow,
"but I've about mndo up my mind to send
for some man that knows about these things,
and get him to attend to it for mc. I'll sec
Mr. Norcross first, and then "
This was enough. Tho Squire had made
up his mind. '
"Widder," said he, "I've got another plan
to propose. It may seem kind o' sudden to
you, bet I've been thinking of it a long
timo, (how long. 'Squire ?) and that is, that
I need a wifo. Things is getting slack at
homo, and it needs a woman to set them
straight. I aint a man of words. Widow,
will you become Mrs. Pogram ?"
"O, 'Squire," sold the widow, "it's so nn
expected that it quite fluBtratcs mc. But
I'm free to say that I've always respected
your character, and thought you a man that
any woman might be proud to marry."
"You consent, then?"
"I do," said the widow, promptly, "and
I'm glad to have this new burden off my
6honlders."
"Yes, widder, it ought to be attended to
nt once. I think wo'd better marry to
morrow, so as to lose aa time."
"Just as you say, 'Squire. I'll be ready."
Tho next day the clergyman's services
wcro called into requisition, nnd to the as
tonishment and anger of all the aspirants to
'Squire Pogram's hand, the prize was car
ried off by tho Widow Brown, "who's as
ugly us sin ; goodness knows what ho saw
in her."
The day after, there was another surprise.
A company of workmen were seen busily
engaged in sinking deeper tho new Mrs.
Pogrum's old well, and tho rumor spread
that petroleum had been discovered there.
But for some incomprehensible reason the
first strong indications wcro not borno out
by subsequent discoveries. The water re
gained all its old purity, and after' sinking
several hundred dollars tho 'Squiro was
obliged to abandon the uttempt in disgust.
Mrs. Pogram, now installed in the great
farmhouse as misticss, bore the disappoint
ment with equanimity. She at last had
got what sho bargained for, and 'was satis
fied. Whether her husband ever suspected
her complicity is not clearly known. It
may bo confidently stilted, however, that
any gentleuiau desirous of starting a petro
leum company, may obtaiu the Brown farm
on reasonable terms with no extra charge
for one oil well already sunk.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Au lutervictr ivlila Thudtlcu Hte-Vt-'iin.
BY MARY K. TUROri.
Correspondence of the Adams Connty Kepublioan.
Mr. Stevens sat at tho head of his tablo in
the long, cool committee rocm, alone, look
ing pale nnd wasted, but his own calm, su
perior self, notwithstanding. He welcomed
us with a kindly gleam of his clear gray eye,
gave to each his feeble hand, aud drew Beats
for our little party on cither side of him.
Turning to Mrs. Taylor (mother of Bayard
Taylor, and a most delightful old lady) he
said : "I was at Kennctt Squaro once.
Twenty years ago or more, one named Cooper
or Hooper and myself spoke to the honest
Quaker farmers of Kennett on the abolition
question from a wood-pile. Some years
alter, when I was elected to Congress, I
received a letter from one of them written
in this wise : 'FYisnd Stesten Thee and
that other man promised us big things,
years ago, on our wood-pile. I did not
believe thee then, but I havo watched thee
sinco, and thou hast spoken truth but as
for that other man with tbco, be lied all the
way through.' "
Mr. Stevens suid be went by Valley Forge
on that occasion, having an engagement
next day to speak at Norristown. We re
gretted the fact. He said he did too ; noth
ing should take him by that old, classic
ground of America, if he bad it to do again.
Whilst we were enjoying the conversation
of "the old man eloquent," across the ball
of "The People's House," in the Senate, the
impeachment trial was pending, and we
asked him if he was sanguine as to the
conviction of the President. He shook his
head ; "As long as it depends on man's de
cision, no poor human nature I No hon
est office holder that comes here, if be
does right, can got one dollar ahead ; 'and
yet I marvel to see men, poor when they
came here, go out of that Senate worth half
a million." . ..
We bad been shown, tho day before, a
threatening letter written to Mr. Stevens by
the Kuklux Klan, telling him to "prepare,"
that "bis days were numbered," &c. On
being asked If be feared them, he said, "Not
now ; it is too late." Said he bad received
more than a barrel of threatening letters in
bis time from the South, but they had ceased
to disturb him, long ago. If Qod willed,
he should like to see the dear old Govern
ment in the right groove once more, and
running smoothly on, but be feared that
was impossible now.
Turning to our sweet sister, with a look
the solemn beauty of which I shall never
forget, be said, "It may be something for
our young friend here to remember that
when I came to Washington last autuain,
scarcely expecting to live a couple of days,
I felt as calm and tranquil in view of death
as I do this pleasant morniug. True, I have
very little property, and no children ; aiu
consequently free from the cares that harass
most men, if only, (he added with a pro
found sigh), if only peace were secured to
our beloved country." On being assured
that we could not spare him yet, that the
people needed biin, would pray that bit
life might bo prolonged, be seemed touched
aad replied, "AU ihi worn-out body is
very wearisome. The days have come for
me 'when there Is no pleasure in them.' "
It is Impossible to be with Mr. Stevens,
or hear him speak for half au hour, without
having tho conviction forced home that tho
man is merged In the patriot. Self-abnegation
is the key-note to his character, and I
may add to bis success. Who does not
know that Thaddeus Stevens has asked of
our Government no remuneration for tho
destruction of valuable property, the result
of bis exteusivo legal practice, by the rebel
raiders during the war ?
Who dvc know for Thaddeus Stevens
gives and forgets that when Mrs. Lydia
Jane Pearson could not maintain her fath
erless children by her pen, Mr. Stevens sent
her a deed of gift for the snug little home
Btcsd farm ? Dear "Undo Thad," sublime
old man I Well may Anna Dickinson say,
"I feel proud as a crowned Queen, when I
think I came from the same State that pro
duced Thaddeus Stevens."
The Democracy-While and lllacU.
We have frequently asserted, that the
Democratic leaders of the North, who for
six years have been howling about a white
man's party, would embrace tho negro aa
soon as ho succeeds in getting a vote. These
politicians will do all in their power to pre
vent tho enfranchisement Of tho black nun
they will stir up bloody crusades against
him, and they will stimulate the ignorant
whites to mob nnd murder him, but the
very moment ho is enfranchised, they will
fraternize with him and court his vote with
hit their dirt-cating characteristics. Ten
years ago, the Deinocrncy of the South main
tained tho black man had not the first char
acteristic or qualification to fit him for tho
right of tho elective franchise. Tho Demo
cratic party concoctod a causuless rebellion
and waged a bloody war for six years to
prove that the nogro was not a man, that ho
was only lit to be a slave, and under no cir
cumstrnces worthy of participating in tho
control of the Government. But the war is
hardly over, before the Democracy of tho
South are marching in political processions
with a race to prove whoso inferiority they
plunged tho nation into a most stupendous
debt. If tho Democratic leaders had been
as prompt to recognize the right of tho
black man to freedom and tho franchise, as
they are to control his vote, we would havo
had no rebellion, no terriblo slaughter in
battle, no oppressive taxation, uo immense
public debt to carry. We want all the
white men who now voto the Democratic
ticket in tho faith that it is an exclusivelv
white man's party to consider theso facts as
well as ponder tbo meaning of the following
extract from a call for u Democratic proces
sion in Vicksburg, Miss., called to take
placo on the 24th of Juno last. Wo quote
from tho Vicksburg Times, of tho 2od of
Juue :
"On to-morrow evening at 0 o'clock th e
Democrats of thiscity.WUITE aud BLACK,
will form in grand procession and pass
through tho principal streets of tho city.
This demonstration is goltou up by tho
Democratic Association of Warren county,
and tho Young Men'B Democratic Club of
Vicksburg, to Ehow tho strength in this
city of the party which is now so bravely
carrying its victorious banners from Maine
to lexas, nnd from tho Atlantic coast to
the shores of the Pacific. Success is w ithin
our grasp."
Here is still further proof of this new
born love for the black man. Who would
suppose that it was the whito man's party
tuat coma get out sucu a notico as tho tol
lowing from the Mississippi Standard:
"Tho Colored Democratic Club, of Port
Uibson, assistod by their white mends, will
give a grand barbacue at Port Gibsou, on
Saturday, Juno 13th. The other colored
Democratic' clubs, and tho whito citizcus of
tho county, as well as our friends iu Jeffer
son and Copiah, white and colorod, ara es
pecially invited to attend. Tliuro will be
speaking during the day. Dinner will bo
served at two o'clock. A prograninio will
be published in tho next issue of tho Stan
dard. GEORGE UUSSELL,
President Colored Dcm. Club.
Joseph Dillon, Secretary."
Such are tho clear evidences from a local
ity where Democracy is most respectable,
that it is not a white mau" jxtrty, but in tho
truest sense of Northern Democratic reason
ing, a mongrel party. Of course, as the
South bas always dictated the platforms
and tbo prejudices of the entire Democratic
party, Southern political affiliation with the
negro will be promptly emulated by their
Northern allies, and, therefore, during the
Presidential campaign on which we arcjust
entering, we expect to seo Mr. Wallaco not
only dealing in coffeo colored naturalization
papers, but affiliating with those colorod
geutleuieu, heretofore so repugnant lo his
taste aud feeling. The world moves!
Statf Guard.
TiieComi.no Hauvest Tho New York
Tribune, iu a review of tho crop reports
front all sectious, comes to tho conclusion
that, as regards tho Southern Slates, should
no aucideut occur, there will bo realized
lroin the agricultural industry ot that sec
tion, in 18(48, a sum ofnioucy which will
go far towards restoriug the prosperity of
the South, and in bringing tho foreign ex
change largely iu our favor. Tho wheat
crop of the extreme South is being harvest
ed, and in quality and quantity is satisfac
tory. The corn uever looked better. Cot
ton is also reported as very promising, aud
a crop of three, million bales is considered
reasonably sure. The cano is also iu lino
condition, aud one hundred thousand hogs
heads of sugar are reported, in place of for
ty thousand in 16G7. At tho North, in
spite of the wet weather, tho leading crops
are promising. Hay was never more pro
mising, ana witu grain, is reported upon
'favorably. There is still time for corn and
vegetables, of all sorts, the whole yielding
to the agricultural interests a mass of wealth
which iusures prosperity in all departments
of trade. The reports from the crops iu the
wheat growing territory ufthe northwest,
are favorable iu the mass, and every Una of
road from the Missouri river to New York,
promises iu the autumn to have more thau
it can do.
PHnwKKBinwitT.- An eiMtnr at a ,ltnn-
table being asked if be wonld take some
puauing, repueu, in m, ut m aostraction,
"Owing to a crowd of other matter, we are
unable to find room for it."
nimrul AlifrmHn w rnnnrtnil In 1i a tra ...I,! ;n
conversation at Bt. Louis recently, that
there is nothing to be apprehended from the
Tn. linns en tlia ttlaina 111 t thaw -r ,aa..
- j..-.-- , - w vao-
able and quiet, aud that more uiurdure are
committed ia any large city than by ludians.
The General Las adopted a sou of the liue
Kit Carson, and will send him to the Uui
vtraity of No'.re Dame to be educated.
A tender-hearted man in Maine disposes
Of squash bags by theuso of chloroform.
Hops are raised in Mason county 111
this year extensively, and will prova pro
fitable crop. y
There is a mino of manganese on a farm
ed i'sOuO01' WtliUh tb tWnt'r hM rcflU'
New Bedford, Fall Biver, Dartmouth,
Oakham, Palmer, North Adams aud Mon
tague, Mass., have all voted against licens
ing open bars.
ui7ho Ionclon 3r'"''4 begins an editorial :
Aow that Italy has come by her own, would
sho bo so kind a t take back ber orirau
grinders V
"I'm afloat fTm afloat 1" screamed a young
lady of powerful lu ngs, aud fingers to match,
as she exercised both at the piano. "I should
think you were," growled an old bachelor,
"judging from the squall you raise."
Every sixth person in the state of Now
Hampshire is a depositor in a savings bank.
Orders have been received at the Ports
mouth Navy YBrd to paint men-of-war in.
ordinary straw color.
The Governor of Connecticut has signed
the bill incorporating tho incbriato asylum,
to be called tho "Turners' Retreat," and
located at Wilton, Ct., with a capital ot
$300,000.
The manufacture of buttons from vegetable
ivory is carried on extensively at the present
timo in Springfield, Mass. Thcro are four
factories manufacturing them, and thev
employ about two bundrod persons.
One man took to Boston eiiht hundred
boxes of fruit one day last week, and ele
ven hundred on another day, and be is only
one of a number of wholesale traders.
A squad of acred Indians visited Dunleith
III., last week, and performed an impressive
cercmouy over several graves on the bluff,
where members of thoir tribe were buried
years ago.
A French journalist writes the following
geographical paragraph : Paris chatters,
Munich drinks, Marseilles sings, Home
prays, Lyons works, Leipzig reads, Madrid
smokes, Manchester packs, Hanover sleeps,
Edinburgh dreams and Constantinople
bathes.
Wuo is Grant ? is a question which every
blatan; Democratic orator is now assuming
to answer in ribald denunciation of tho
hero. Now let us ask, Who are the traducert
of Grant f They are the men who encour
aged the slaveholders to revolt, and there
fore responsible for the misery entailed by
that brutality. They are the men who dis
couraged volunteering for, and dosertiou
from, tho Uuion army,and therefore respon
sible for the prolonged fierceness of the war
tor the rescue or the government. They are
tho men who voted to disfranchise soldiers
poriling their lives in defenco of tho Union.
They are tho men who refused bounties to
volunteers tho men who gave uiu aud
comfort to tho common enemy.
A Boston rhymester tells why people go
to Saratoga :
"Some come to partake of the waters
(The sennibl e old-fashioned elves. )
And some to dispose of their daughters,
And some to dispose of themselves ;
And some to squander thoir treasure,
And some their funds to improve,
And some l'ur mere love of pleasure,
And some for the pleasure of love,
And soino to escape from tho old,
And some to see what is new,
But most it is plain to be told
Ceiuo hero bucauto the other folks do ! "
That Surratt is as guilty of the great
crime of murder as was Harold, whose guilt
was confessed, no one who reads the cvidenco
in his former trial can doubt, and if he is
permitted to escape with a light penalty,
tbo Government may as well dismiss ail
thoughts of punishing anybody for com
plicity in the rebellion. Wikoim (JtMt. )
'Timet.
IllX H'lOS, Ate.
I From the tieruintowa Telegraph.)
IlECH'K FOB RASrUEHKY VlNKUAR. I
notice in the l'dtyraph of this week a re
cipe for raspberry vinegar. Having made
this beverage tor many years, ana never
failing in so doing. I tako the liberty of
sending my recipe, which I thiuk much
more convenient and economical :
Take your berries say four quarts nut
them in a stone or earthen dish and cover
(not down) with cold vinegar; lot them
stand for twelve or fourteen hours, then
in ash tliem and strain all through a jelly
bag. To each pint of juice add one pound
of sifted or crushed sugar, boil five minutes,
then bottle cold and cork tightly. You do
uot renew tho raspberries, aud the mixture
is a delightful one. .
Kvb and Indian Buead. Was there
ever uny broad so good as rye and Indian
bread Pity there aro so lew who kuuMt
how to make it. Once iu a great whils w
find some old lady who can do it to a charm.
We knew several a few years ago, and one
of them told us just bow to make it. Sho
said ; "For a good, thick loaf, I take ou
pint rye flour to threo pints of corn meal,
one-half teacup of molasses, or brown sugar,
scald with boiling water bo sure to stir ia
water enough to thoroughly scald it cover
it up aud let it stand till cool, thon roduco
with cold, sweet milluiotil thin euougu to
pour into your pan, buRe all day, let it stand
in tbo oven all night, and in the morning
yon will have the bust Joaf of bread vou
ever tasted. If your crlat Is too bard to
eat, remove it, aoak in water aud add to
your next louf. It vtm be richer than the
first."
To C i.K An a House of Vermin. "Bur
leigh," of tho Boston Journal, ssys : I tell
you, ladies, a secret that may bo worth your
knowiug a uow remedy to clean a bouso
of roaches and veruiiu has been found. Sa
complete is the remedy that men offer to
rid the premises of all these pestilential
nuisances Dy contract, the article is 6old
under the name of French green and other
Uigu-suunuiug names, and at quite a high
price. But the article, in plain Euglish, is
common green paint in powder. Six cents'
worth used about any house will clear tho
kitchen and all its surroundings. Theso
pests infest many houses in this city, ad n
mum, and we believe the ladies thank us
for suggestiug to cheap an cradicator.
To Fhrsiikn Salt Fisu. Many persons
who are In the habit of freshening macker
el, or other salt fish, never dream that there
is a right and a wroug way to do it. Any
person who hat secu tho process of evapo
rating going on at auy salt works, knows
that the suit falls to the bottom. Just so it
is in the pan w here your msckorl lies soak
ing ; and, as it lies with the skin side down,
the salt will fall to the skin and there re
main j when if placed with the flesh down,
the salt falls to the bottom of the pan, and
the fish comes out freshened a It sbouUH.
In the other case it is nearly as salty ""
put ia.
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