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i
K. JOHNSTON,
PI lysieian of this celebrated Institution, has
disci wered the most certain, speedy, pleasant and
effec toal remedy in the world for all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
We evkness ot the Back or Limbs, Strictures,
Affect ions of Kidneys and Bladder, Involun
tary Discharges, Impoteney, General Debili
ty, N "ervonsness, Dyspepsy, Languor, Low
Spirits,. Confasion of Ideas, Palpitation of
the H eart, Timidity, Tremblings, Dimness
of Sigh t or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Throat, Nose or Skin, Affections of Liver, Lnngs,
Stomach or Bowels these terrible Disorders
arising fiom the Solitary Habits of Youth those
secret an d solitary practices more fatal to their
victims tb an the song of Syrens to the Mariners
of Ulysses , blighting their moet brilliant hopes
of anticipa lions, rendering marriage, etc., impos
sible. IOCKG MEN
especially, "ho have become the victims of Soli
tary Vice, tL 'at dreadful and destructive habit
which annua.Uy sweeps to an untimely grave
thousands of young men of tbe most exalted
talents and b rilliant intellect, who might other
wise have en tranced listening Senates with the
thunders of el oquence or waked to ecstacy the
living lyre, ni: IT call with full confidence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Per. ons or Young Men contemplating
marriage, awa re of Physical Weakness, (Loss
of Procreative 1 'ower Impoteney), Nervous Ex
eitabilitv, Palpit. tion, Organic Weakness, Ner
vous Debility, ct any other Disqualification,
speedily relieved.
He who places 1 himself under the care of Dr. J.
may religiously confide in his honor as a gentle
man, and confident ly rely unon his skill as a Phy
sician. OUGANi t- WEAKMSbB.
Impoteney, Lots or Power, immediately Cured
and full Vigor Restored.
This Distressing Atection which renders Life
miserable and marriage impossible is the penalty
paid by the victims of improper Indulgences.
Young persoM are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful conseqenccs
that may ensue. Now, who that understands
the subject will pretend to deny that the power
of procreation is lost sooner by those falling into
improper habits than by the prudent t Besides
being deprived the pleasures of healthy offspring,
the most serious and destructive symptoms to both
body and mind arise. The system becomes de
ranged, the Physical and Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous
Irritability, Dyspe, Ua, Palpitation or tne ilenrt,
Indigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting
of tbe Frame, Cough, Consumption. Decay and
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAY8.
Persons ruined in health by unlearned preten
ders who keep them trifline month after month,
taking poisonous and injurious compounds,
suou'.d apply immediately.
DR. JOHNSTON,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lon
don, Graduated from one of the most eminent
Col'cges in the United States, and the greater
j.art of whose ife has been spent in the hospitals
of London, Pris, Philadelphia and elsewhere,
lias effected some of the moet astonishing cures
that were ever known ; many troubled with ring
ing in the head and ears when asleep, great
nervousness, being alarmed at sudden sounds,
tiashfulnese, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with derangement of mind, were cured
immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. J. addresses all those who have injnrrd
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits, which ruin both body and mind, unfitting
them for cither business, study, society or mar
riage. These arc some of the sad aud melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, viz :
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Back and Head, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Mus
cular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsy,
Nervous Irritability, Derangement of Dicestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms of C'on
eumption, &c. '
Mestax.lt Tbe fearful effects on the mind
are much to be dreaded Loss of Memory, Con
fusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodinss, Aversion to 6ocicty, Self-Distrust,
Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c., are some of the
evils produced.
THorSAKDB of persons of all ages can now
judge what is tbe of their declining health,
losing their vigor, becoming, weak, pale, nervous
and emaciated", having a singular appearance
about the eyes, cough and symptoms of consump
t ion.
YOUNG MEN
Who have injured th mselves by a certain prac
tice indulged in when alone, a habit frequently
learned from evil companions, or at school, the
effects of which are nightly felt, even when
asleep, and If not cured, renders marriage impos
sible, and destroys both mind and body, should
iipply Immediately.
What a pity that a young man, the hope of his
country, the darling of his parents, shonld be
snatched from all prospects and enjoyments ot
lifri, by the consequence of deviating from the
ltb of nature and indulging in a certain secret
habit, r-wh persons Mrst before contemplating
MARRIAGE,
reflect that a sound mind and body are the mos
n-essory requisites to promote connubial happi
ew. Indeed without these, tbe Journey through
life becomes a weary pilgrimage ; the prospect
hourly darkens to the view ; the mind becomes
shadowed with despair aud filled with the melan
choly reflection, that the happiness of another
Ix-comes blighted with our own.
A CERTAIN DISEASE.
When the misiruided and imprudent volary ot
pleasure finds that he has imbibed the seeds ot
ibis painrul disease, it too often happens that an
ill-timed sense of shame, or dread of discovery,
deters him from applying to those who, from
education aud respectability, can aloue befriend
him, delaying till the constitutional symptoms of
this horrid disease make their appearance, such
as ulcerated sore throat, diseased nose, noctural
pains in the bead and limbs, dimness of sight,
deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms,
blotches on the head, face and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the
palate of tbe mouth or the bones of the nose fall
in, and the victim of this awful disease becomes
a horrid object of commiseration, till death puts
a period to his dreadful suffering, by sending
him to that Undiscovered Country from whence
no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
into the hands of Ignorant or unskillful PRE
TENDERS, who, by the use of that deadly Pol
son, Mercury, &c, destroy the constitution, aud
iceapablc of curing, keep the unhappy sufferer
month after month taking their noxious or in
jurious compounds, and instead of being restored
to a renewal of Life Vigor and Happiness, in des
pair leave him with ruined Health to sigh over
his galling disappointment.
To such, therefore, Dr. Joiiksto pledges him
self 10 preserve the most Inviolable Secrecy, and
from his extensive practice and observations iu
the great Hospitals of Euro, and tbe first in
this country, vie : England, France, Philadelphia
and elsewhere, is enabled to offer the most cer
tain, speedy and effectual remedy in the world
for all dl eacs of imprudence.
DR. JOHNSTON.
OFFICE, NO. 7, S. FREDERICK STREET.
Baltimore, M. D.
Left hand side going from Baltimore street, a few
doors from the corner. Fail not to observe name
aud number.
J-iTNo letters received unless postpaid and
containing a stamp to be used on the reply. Per
son r, writing should state age, and send a portion
of advirtiscment describing symptoms.
There are to many Paltry, Designing and
Worthless Impnsters advertising themselves as
Physicians, trifling with and ruining the tealth
of all who unfortunately fall into their power,
that Dr. Johnston deems it necessary to say es
pecially to those unacquaiuted with his rennta
tion that his Credentials or Diplomas always
bant; in his office.
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this Establish
ment, year after year, and the numerous im
portant Surgical Operations performed by Dr.
Johnston, witnessed by the representatives of the
press and many other papers, notices of which
have appeared again and again before the public,
besides Lis standing as a gentleman of character
and responsibility, is a sufficient guarantee to the
afflicted. Shin diseases speedily cured.
April 9, 1875. Iv
I.t MKEK AM) IL.AXI.(. MIM.S
Third Street, adjoining Phila. & Erie R. R., two
fcquares North of the Central Hotel,
SCNBCRT, PA.
IB A T. "CLEMENT,
IS prepared to furnish every description of lum
ber required by the demands of the public.
Having all the latest improved machinery for
manufacturing Lunber, he is now ready to fill or
ders ef all kinds of
FLOORING, BIDING, DOORS SHUTTERS,
SAfcH, BLINDS MOULDINGS, VE
RANDAS, BRACKETS,
and all kinds of Ornamental Scrowl Work. Turn
ing of every description promptly executed. Also,
A LARGE AKSOKTMEKT OF
BILL LUMBER.
flEMLOCK and PINE. Also, Shingles, Picket,
Lathe, etc.
Orders promptly filled, and shipped by Railroad
or otherwise. IRA T. CLEM ENT.
BfClSMKitly
jjroftssiffiial.
TIT. It. KAKE, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY, PA. Office in Market Square,
(adjoining the office of W. I. Greenough, Esq.,)
Professional busiucss in this and adjoining coun
ties promptly attended to.
Sunbury, March 18, 1873.-ly.
joseimi n. Attxoi.n,
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Liverpool, Perry county, Pa.
All business matters In the counties of North
umberland, Snyder, Union. Perry and Juniata
promptly attended to. Consultations can be had
in the German and English languages,
april 17, lS74.-ly.
n. A. SOBER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
and consTT souriTon.
Office on Front Street below Market, 8unbnry,
Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly
attended to.
JAMES BEARD.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Hatipt's building, South East Corner
of Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
Special Attention Paid to Collections.
AN. BRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and acting JU3TICE of the PEACE.
Next Door to Judge Jordan's Residence, Chest
nut Street, Sunbury, Pa.
Collections and all legal matters promptly at
tended to.
JEREMIAH SNYDER.
ATTORNEY Al LAW, AND
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Conveyancing,the collections of claims, writings,
and all kinds of Legal business will be attended
to carefully and with despatch. Can be consult
ed in the English and German language. Office
In naupt's building, Market street, Sunbury, Pa.
April 9,'75.
G.
A. BOTDORF,
Attornev-at-Law,
GEORGETOWN,
Northumberland Co., Penna.
Can be consulted In the English and German
languages. Collections attended to in North
umberland and adjoining counties.
Also Agent for the Lebanon Valley Fire Insu
rance Company. mh!5
W. C. PACKER.
Attorney at Law,
Sunbury, Pa.
November 9, 1873. tf.
SB. BOYER, Attorney and Counsellor
at Law. Office In Wolvertou's Law build
ing, Second street, SUNBURY, PA. Professional
business attended to, in the courts of Northum
oerland and adjoining counties. Also, in the
Circuit and District Courts for the Western Dis
trict of Pennsylvania. Claims promptly collect
ed. Particular attention paid to et In Jiink
mptcy. Consultation can be had in tlieGcr
man language. April 9y 75.
L.
II. KANE, Attorney at Law, SUN
BURY, PA., office in Wolverton's Law
bnilding, Second street. Collections made In
Northumberland and adjoining counties.
April 9,'75.
1. Merrill Linn. Andrew H. IM1L Frank. 8. Marr.
LINN. DILL V MARR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Next door to the Presbyterian church, Market
Square, SUNBURY,
April 9,'75 Northumberland Co., P.
EDMUND DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Office in Masscr's Building, south side of Mar
ket Square. April 9,'75.
JAMES II. MeDEVITT,
Attorney at Law and
United States Cowishio:ek. Office with 8.
B. Knyer, Fa Wolrt' Law BullHf,
Sunbury, Pa. April 9.'75.
SP. WOLVERTON, Attorney at Law.
Market Square, SUNBURY.PA. Profession
al juslness in this and adjoining counties prompt -
y attended to.
Hit. MASSER, Attorney at Law, SUN-
BURY. PA. Collections attended to in
the counties of Northumberland, Union, Snyder,
Montour, Columbia and Lycoraiug. apllO-flU
G
EO. V. ZIEGLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Haupt's building, Market St.,
Office in
bury. Pa.
Sun-
Collections and all professional business
pr-iraptly attended to Jn the Courts of Northum
berland and adjoining counties.
March 19. 1S75.
D'
R. C M. MARTIN, Office In Drng
Store, Clement House Block, Office hours :
from 11 a. in., to 1 p. m., and from 6 to 9 p. m.,
at all other hours, when not Professionally en
aged can be found at his residence, on Chestnut
Street, SUNBURY, PA. Particular attention
riven to surgical cases. Will visit Patients
either in town or country.
B. CAD IVALLADER.Markct Street,
VJI SUNBUKI, PA.
Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Glass, Varnishes, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars,
Pocket Book. Dairies, Ac.
DENTISTRY.
GEORGE M. RENN,
lii Simpson's Building, Market Square,
Sckbcbt, Pa.,
1 prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining
to Dentistry. He keeps constantly on hand
a large assortment of Teeth, and other Dental
material, from which be will be able to select,
and roee. tne wants of his customers.
All wont warranted to give satisfaction, or elf
the money refunded.
The very best Mouth Wah and Tool h-Powdcrs
kept on hand.
His references are the numerous patrons for
whom he has worked for the last twelve vear.
Suubury, April 21, 172.
betels nub itcstanrnitts.
I
Cor. Third and
nlbcrry. Business
Centre, Williamsport,
Pa
Wra. CRAWFORD, Proprietor.
Dec. 11, 1S74.
I
aOLENENT IIOI'SE, Third Street In-low I
J Market, Sunbury, Pa. PETER S. BUR
RELL, Proprietor. Rooms neat and comfortable.
Tables supplied with the delicacies of the season
and the waiters attentive and obliging.
Sunqnry, Jan. 22, 1S75.
NITED NTATES HOTEL, W. F.
KITCHEN, Proprietor. Opposite the De
pot SHAMOKIN, PA. Every attention given to
travellers, and the best accommodations given.
April 5, 1873. f
NATIONAL HOTEL. AUGUSTUS
WALD, Proprietor, Georgetown North'd
Connty, Pa., at the Station of the N. C. R. W.
Choice wines and cigars at the bar.
The table is supplied with the best tbe market
affords. Good stabling and attentive ostlers.
I TIMEL'S REKTACRANT,
LOUIS ni'M MEL, Proprietor,
Commerce St., SHAMOKIN, PENN'A.
Having Just refitted the above Saloon for the
accomodation of the public, is sow prepared to
serve J is friends with the best refreshments, and
fresh Lager Beer, Ale, Tortcr, and all other malt
quors.
iisnuss
W. R. RHOATft. J. TACKFR IlA.t.
WM. RII04DS A CO.,
EETAIL DEALERS OF
ANTHRACITE COAL, 8UNLURY, PENN'A.
OrriCK WfTn Haas, Faoelt fe Co.,
Orders left at ScasUoltz & Bro's., office Market
treet, will receive prompt attention. Country
ustoni respectfully solicited.
Feb. 4, 1871. tf.
COAL! COAL! COAL! GRANT BROS.,
Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WITITE AND R ED ASH COAL, SUNBURY, PA .
(lower wharf.)
Orders will receive prompt attention.
ANTHRACITE COAL 1
VALENTINE DIETZ, Wholesale and
Retail dealer in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL, UPPER WHARF,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
All kinds of Grain taken in exchange, for Coal.
Orders solicited and filled promptly. Orders loft
at 8. F. Nevln'a Confectionery Store, on Third
treet, will recleve prompt attention, and money
j.eeelpfedfor, the same as at the office.
NEW COAL YARD.
TnE undersigned having connected the Coal
business with his extensive FLOUR & GRAIN
trade, is prepared to supply families with the
VERY BEST OF COAL,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Egg, Stove aud Nut, constantly on hand. Grain
taken in exchange for Coal.
J. M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, Jan. 15, 1870. tf.
pi
ittBantoxa.
SCNB1RY MARBLE YARD,
Fourth Street below Market,
SUNBURY, PENX'A.
T1
inF. undersigned has returned from the Ver
mont Marble Quarries with 50 Tons of
Maiole for
M on anient, Grave-StoneN,
&c, &c.
lie has bought at such figures that
will allow him to sell better stone, for
less money, than heretofore. The best
Sutherland Falls Marble,
which is beftcr than Italian. Rutland is now
sold as low as the Manchester.
Those who need anything in the Marble line,
for Monuments, Grave-Stones, or other purposes,
will find it to their interest to call and examine
this large stock, as better bargains can be secur
ed than buying from parties 'huckstering' round
the country.
All lettering will be done in the neatest and
most improved style.
W. M. DAUGHERTY.
Sunbury, Jan. 11. 1873.
THE KING BARBER SHOP
8 THE SnOP OF TOE TOWN and long
. has been ; ask history and she will tell yon
Men have grown old In our patronage
Babies on their mothers' breast
To bouncing boys at play ;
And youths by maidens fair caressed,
To stalwart men with cares oppressed,
And old men silver gray.
And among the honored and lasting Impres
sions of time, and tbe crash of revolutions in
circumstances, we 6tand a living monumental
memento of the ingenuity and perseverance ap
pertaining to tbe identity of progression, plying
our vocation with the highest style of art and
perfection, and aspiring to achieve the highest
reward of merit attainable in our humble capaci
ty, and tbe sentiment of respect and approbation
which the presence of superior appliances and es
tablishment are always wont to inspire.
Always to please
We shave with ease
Cut and comb with taste the h.tir ;
Shampoo the head with soothing care,
And color the whiskers black or brown,
To suit the people about the town.
Then allow me politely request you to stop,
And not go past nor from around our shop.
To get shaved on the basis of ability nor as
some have done for our use of the ballot for prin
ciple sacred and right nor under the common
secret aud invidious guise of enmity to complex
ion ; for the cut of a roan's coat, or the color of
his skin, ought not to affect bis usefulness nor
lils qualifications. A fair chance is ull that we
diamond, to give the proof to all tbe land.
JAMES W. WASHINGTON.
Proprietor.
Sunbury, April 5, 1873 : No. 91, Market st.
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Address, Tlxo Times.
No. 14 Kouth Seventh Htreet, Philadelphia.
Sthj vbbcrlisfmnits
A NEW STOCK OF
MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS. I
CIIAS. MA1HL
just returned from the Eastern cities.with an
elegant selections of
CLOTHS,
CASSI MERES,
and VKSTIXGS,
of the finest French Brands, Trimmings, Ac.
He is now ready to receive orders for
SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS
. of any desired style. The latest styles of pat
' turns on baud, and
i XEAT FITS GUARANTEED.
j You will find prices at least as reasonable as
; elsewhere. Give me a call.
CHAS. MAIIIL,
rOVRTlf ST., Opposite CITY
SUNBURY, PA.
Sunbury, April 9, HX-lt.
HOTEL,
1875 MILLINERY. 1875
TRIMMER AND UNTRIMMEO
HATS and BONNETS.
SPRING STYLES.
CRAPE AND CRAPE YE'iLS.
NEW French Styles In Infants" Cp.
Goods, in Shade Hats, School Hats
Straw
and all
tbe latest Y ashionable Shapes and dona.
Chip in Drab, Brown, Black and White.. LPnr.
hotn, Black Hair, etc. "
All the novelties in Silks, Gross ('rains, Sashes,
Serges, etc.
Freuch Flowers, Wreaths, Roses, Bnds and
Sprays. Ribbons in the new shades.
Purchasers will find a full and carefully se
lected stock of Millinery at M. L. Gossler's
Millinery Store, Fourth St., below the Shatnokin
Div. N. C. R. R., Sunbury, Pa.
April 23, 1875.
gPRING AND SUMMER 8TYLES
OF
NEW STYLES,
NEW FEATHERS.
NEW FLOW RS
ORNAMENTS.
Hats &
TRIMMED
Bonnets
AT ALL PRICES.
is TnE
Latest rand Be8t shades.
Good .'Assortment of Notions
CONSTANTLY ON nAND.
ZEPHYR GOODS AND
FANCY
INFANT'S HOODS,
At y asses L. & 8. Weiscr's Millinery Store,
Mark' jt gt- gunbury, Pa.
AT
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THE SEVENTEENTH OF JUNE.
.j- DK. holme's ballad.
Grandmothtr't ttory of. the Bunktr ITiU battle
the late if from the belfry.
I had heard the musket's rattle of the April run
ning battle ;
Lord Percy's hunted soldiers, I can see their red
coats still ;
But a deadly chill comes o'er me, as the day
looms up before me,
When a thousand men lay bleeding on the slopes
of Bunker Hill.
'Twas a peaceful summer's morning, when the
first thing gave us warning
Was the boomiug of the cannon from the river
and the shore ;
"Child," says grandma, "what's the matter,
, what Is all this noise and clatter ?
nave those scalping Indian devils come to mur
der ns once more 1"
Poor old soul ! my sides were shaking in the
midst of all my quaking,
To hear her talk of Indians when the guns be-
' . gan to roar ;
She feed seen the bnrning village, and the sliught-
tand tbe pillage,
When the Mohawks killed her father with their
bullets through the door.
Then I said, "No, dear old granny, don't you
fret and worry any.
For I'll soon come back and tell you whether
this is work or play ;
There can't be mischief in it, so I won't be gone
a minute"
For a minute then I started, I was gone the live
long day.
No time for bodice-lacing or for looking-glass
grimacing ;
Down my balr went its I hurried, tumbling half
way to my heels ;
God forbid your ever kuowiug, when here's
blood around her flowing,
How the lonely, helpless daughter of a quiet
household feels !
In the street I heard a thumping ; and I knew it
was the stumping
Of the Corporal, our old neighbor, on that wooden
leg he wore,
With a knot of women round him it was lucky
I had found him,
So I followed with the other, and the Corporal
marched before.
They were making for the steeple, the old sol
dier and his people ;
The pigeons circled round us as we climbed the
creaking stair,
Just across the narrow river oh, so close it
made me shiver !
Stood a fortress on the hi!l-top that but yester
day was bare.
Not slow our eyes to find it ; welt we knew who
stood behind it, .
Though the earth-work hid them from ns, and
the stubborn walls were dumb ;
Here were sister, wife and mother, looking wild
upon each other,
And their lips were white with tenor as they said
The Hoi r Has Come !
The moruing slowly wasted, not a mor.-el bad
we tasted,
And our heads were almost splitting with the
cannons' deafening thrill,
When a figure tall and stately ronnd the ram-
part strode sedately ;
It was Prescott, once since told me ; he com-
ii . Jrl ro th. Will. -
Every woman's heart grew bigger when we saw
his manly figure,
With the banyan buckled round it, standing up
so straight and tall ;
Like a gentleman of leisure who is strolling ont
for pleasure,
Through the storms of shell and cannon-shot he
walked around the wall.
At cleveu tho streets were swarming, for the red
coats' ranks were forming ;
At noon In marching order tbe were moving to
the piers ;
How the bayonets gleamed and glistened, as we
looked far down and listeued
To the trampling and the drum-beat of the belt
ed grenadiers.
At length the men have started, with cheer (it
seemed fain-hearted),
In their scarlet regimentals, with their knap
sacks on their backs,
And the reddening, rippling water, as after a sea-
fight's slaughter, j
Ronnd the barges gliding onward blnshed like j
blood along their tracks.
So they crossed to the other border, and again
tiiey lormea in ortier ;
And the boats came back for soldiers, c.tme for
soldiers, soldiers still ;
The time seemed everlasting to us women faint
and fasting
At last they're moving, twircbing, marching
proudly np the kill.
We c-.n see the bright steel glancing all a'ong
the lines advancing
Now the front rank fires a volley Ih'-y have
thrown away their shot ;
For behind their earthwork lying, all the balls
above them flying,
Our people need not hurry ; so they wait and
answer not.
In the hush of expectation, in the awe and
trepidation
Of the dread approaching moment, we are well
nigh breathless all ;
Though tbe rotten bars are filling on the rickety
belfraj railing,
We are crowding up against them like the waves
against a wall.
Just a glimpse (the air la Clearer), they are
nearer nearer nearer,
When a flash. a curling smoke wreath then a
crash the steeple shakes
The deadly truce is ended ; the tempest's shroud
is rended ;
Like- a morning mist it gathered, like a thunder
cloud it breaks !
OU, .the sight our eyes discover as the blue-black
smoke blows over '
The xH-roots stretched in windrows as a mower
rakes his hay ;
Here a scarlet heap is lying, there a headlong I
crowd 19 flying
Like n billow that has broken and is shivered
info spray. j
Then we cried, "The troops are routed ! They J
are beat ; it can't be doubted !
God be thanked, the fight is over Ah tho
grim old soldier's smile !
"Tell ns, tell us why you look so !" (We could
hardly speak, we shook so)
"Are they beaten I Are they beaten ? Are they
beaten ?" Wait a While."
Oh, the trembling aud the terror ! for too soon
we saw our error ;
They are baffled, not defeated ; we have driven
them back lu vain ,
And the columns they were scattered, round the
colors that were tattered,
Toward the sullen silent fortress turn their belted
breasts again.
All at once, as we are gazing, lo the roofs of
Charlestown blazing !
They have fired the harmless village ; in an hour
it will be down !
The lxrd in Heaven confound them, rain his fire
and brimstone round them,
The robbing, murdering ted-coats, that would
burn a peaceful town !
They are marching, stern and solemn ; we can
see each massive column
As they near the. naked earth-mound with the
slanting walls so steep.
Have our soldiers got faint-hearted, and in noise
less baste departed I
Are they panic-struck and helpless Are they
palsied or oleep?
Now 1 the walls they're almost under ! scarce a
rod the foes asunder !
Not a firelock flashed against them ! np tbe earth
work tbey will swarm !
Bat the words have scarce been spoken, when
the ominous calm was brokeu,
And a bellowing crash has emptied all the ven
geance of the storm !
So again, with murderous slaughter, pelted back
wards to the water,
Fly Pigot's running heroes and the frightened
braves of Howe ;
And we shout, "At last they're done for, its
their barges they have run for ;
They are beaten; beaten, beaten ; and the bat
tle's over now !'
And we looked, poor timid creatures, on the
rough old soldier's fcatnacs,
Onr lips afraid to question, but he knew what
we would ask ;
"Not sure," he said ; "keep quiet once more, I
guess, they'll try it
Here's damnation to the cut-throats !'then he
handed me bis flask.
Saying "Gal, you're looking shaky ; have a drop
of old "Jamaiky ;
I'm afraid there'll be more trouble before the job
Is done ;"
So I took one scorching swallow ; dreadful faint
I felt and hollow,
Standing there from early morning when fl!e
firing was begun.
All through those hours of trial I had watched a
calm clock dial,
As the hands kept creeping, creeping they were
creeping round to fonr,
When the old man said, "They're forming with
their bayonets fixed for storming ;
It's the death-grip that's a coming they will try
the works once more."
With brazen trumpets blazing, the flames behind
them glaring,
The deadly wall before them, in close array tbey
come ;
Still onward, upward toiling, like a dragon's
fold uncoiling .
Like the rattlesnake's shrill warning the rever
berating drum !
Over heaps all torn and gory shall I tell the fear
ful story,
How they surged above the breastwork, as a sea
breaks over a deck ;
How driven, yet scarce defeated, our worn-out
men retreated,
With their powder-horns all emptied, like the
swimmers from a wreck !
It has all been told and painted ; as for me, they
say I fainted,
And the wooden-legged o'd Corporal stumped
with me down the sair.
And when I woke from dreams affrighted the
evening lamps were lighted
On the floor a youth was
breast was bare.
lying ; his bleeding
And I heard through all the flnrry, -'Send for
Warren ! hurry ! hurry !
Tell him here's a soldier bleeding, and he'll come
aud dress bis wound !"'
Ah, we knew not till the morrow told its tale of
death and sorrow,
How the starlight found him stiffened on the dark
and bloody ground.
Who the youth was, what hi6 name was, where
the place from which he came wa,
Who had brought him from the battle, and bad
left hhn" at our door.
He could not speak to tell us ; but 'twas one of
onr Drave mtowe, -
As the homespun plainly showed ns which the
dying soldier wore.
For they all thought he was dying, as tbey gath
ered round him crying,
And they said, ,'Oh how they'll miss him !" and
"What will bis mother do ?"
Then, bis eyelids just enclosing Ilk a child that
has been dozing.
He faintly murmured "Mother !" and I saw
his eyes were blue.
"Why grandma, how you're winking " Ah,
my child it sets me thinking
Of a story not like this one. Well, he somehow
lived along;
So we came to know each other, and I nursed
him like a mother,
Till at last he stood before me, tall and rosy
cheeked and strong.
And we sometimes walked together in the plea-
aut summer weather ;
"Please to tell ns what his name was I' Just
your own, my little dear
There's his picture Copely painted ; we recame
so well acquainted,
That iu short, that's why I'm grandma, and
you children are all here !
itHisccIIanrons.
IMRODUCTIOS TO THE DECLARATION
OF ISDEPENDEACE.
Iu the Congress of 1776, the great ques
tion of American Liberty came first to be
discussed. On the 8th of May, Mr. Adams
offered a resolution that the Colonies should
adopt governments adequate to the wants
of the country, and independent of Great
Britain. The success of this resolution on
the loth was considered as decisive of the
question of allegiance to any foreign power.
Ou the 7th of June, Richard Henry Lee,
seconded by Mr. Adams, moved in Con
gress the ever memorable resolution of
American Independence. The debate con
tinued until the 10th, when the considera
tion of the resolution was postponed until
the 4th of July. The next day Thomas
Jeflerson, John Adams, Benjamin Frank
lin, Roger Sherman and R. R. Livingston,
were appointed to prepare a draught of a
Declaration of Independence. The two
gentlemen first named "on this Committee
having been deputed a sub-Committee to
draw up a Declaration, at the desire of Mr.
Adams it was prepared by Mr. Jefferson.
On the 1st of July, the question on the
resolution was again resumed, and unani
mously agreed to on .the second. Mr. Jef
ferson has told us that "the Colossus of that
Congress the great pillar and support of
the Declaration of Independence, and its
ablest advocate and champion on the floor
of the House, was John Adams. In that
moment of darkness, of terror, and of con
sternation, when the election was to be
made between an attempt at Liberty and
Independence on the one hand, and defeat
subjugation and death on the other, the cou
rage of Adams, in the true spirit of hero
ism, rose in proportion to the danger which
pressed around him ; and he poured forth
that only genuine eloquence, the eloquence
of the soul, which, in the language of Mr.
Jefferson, "moved his hearers from their
seats." The objections of his adversaries
were seen no longer but in a state of wreck;
floating in broken fragments on the billows
of the storm, and over rocks, over breakers
and amid engulpiog whirlpools, that every
where surrounded him, he brought the gal
lant 6hip of the Nation safe into port,
Wirt.
The Declaration already prepared was
taken into consideration on the 4th of July,
1776 a day never to be forgotten when
it received the sanction of the whole Con-
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
IX CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776.
THE UNANDIOC3 DECLARATION OF THE
THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMER
ICA. When in the course of human events, it
becomes necessary for one people to dis
solve the political band which have con
nected them with another, and to assume
among the powers of the earth, the sepa
rate and equal station to which the laws of
natnre and of nature's God entitles them, a
decent respect for the opinions of mankind
requires that they declare the causes which
imjrel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident
that all men are created equal ; that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable rights; that among those are
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
That to secure these tights, governments
are instituted among Wn. deriving their
just powers from the eecsent of the govern
ed ; that, whenever any firm of govern
ment becomes destructive of these ends,' it
is the right of the peopfe"to alter or'abolish
it, and to institue a gWeernnwot; laying" its
foundation on such principlesand organ
izing its powers in such form, as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their safety
and happiness. Produce, indeed, will dic
tate that governraejtfs long established,
should not be changed for light and trans
ient causes ; and, accordiugly, all experi
ence hath shown that mankind are more
disposed to suffer, while evils are suffera
ble, than to right themselves by abolishing
the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses and usur
pations, pursuing invariably the same ob
ject, evinces a design to reduce them under
absolute despotism, it is their duty, to
throw off such government, and to provide
new guards for their future security. Such
has been the patient sufferance of tbe colo
nies, and such is now tbe necessity which
constrains them to alter their former sys
tem of government. The history of the
present King of Great Britain, is a history
of repeated injuries and usurpations, all
having, in direct object, the establishment
of an absolute tyranny over these States.
To prove this, let facts be submitted to a
candid world :
He has refused his assent to laws the
most wholesome and necessary for the pub
lic good.
He has forbidden tbe Governor to pass
laws of immediate and pressing importance
unless suspended in their operation till his
assent should be obtained ; and, when so
suspended, he has utterly neglected to at
tend to them.
He has refused to pass other laws for the
accomodation of large districts of people,
unless those people would relinquish the
right of representation in the legislature ; a
right inestimable to them and formidable
to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies
at places unusual, uncomfortable and dis
tant from the depository of their public re
orIs, - lor the sole purpose of fatizuing
them into compliance with bis measures.
He has dissolved representative houses
repeatedly, for opposing, with manly firm
ness, bis invasions on the rights of the peo
ple. He has refused, for a long time after
such dissolution, to pause others to be
elected ; whereby the legislative powers,
incapable of annihilation, have returned to
the people at large for their exercise ; the
State remaining, in the meantime, exposed
to all the dangers of invasion from without
and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the popu
lation of these States ; for that purpose ob
structing the laws for naturalization of
foreigners; refusing to pass others for
their migration hither, and raising the con
ditions of new appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administration of
justice, by refusing his assent to laws es
tablishing judiciary powers.
He has made judges dependent on his
will alone, for the tenure of their offices,
and the amount and payment nf their sala
ries. He has erected a multitude of new offi
ces, and Bent hither swarms of officers to
harass our people, and eat out their sub
stance. lie has kept among us in times of peace,
standing armies without the consent of our
legislatures.
He has affected to render the military in
dependent of, and superior to the civil
power.
He has combiued with others to subject
us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitu
tion, and acknowledged by our laws ; giv
ing his assent to their acts of preteuded le
gislation. For quartering large bodies of armed
troops among us.
For protecting them, by a mock trial,
from punishment for any murders which
they should commit on the inhabitants of
these States.
For cutting off trade with all parts of the
world :
For imposing taxes on ns without our
consent.
For depriving us, in many casos, of the
benefit of trial by jury.
For transporting us beyond seas to be
tried for pretended offences.
For jibolishing the free system of Eng
lish laws in a neighboring province, estab
lishing therein an arbitrary government,
and enlarging its boundaries so as to ren
der it at once an example and fit instru
ment for introducing the same absolute ruin
into these colonies ;
For taking away our charters, abolishing
our most valuable laws, and altering fun
damentally, the forms of our government :
For suspending our own legislatures and
declaring themselves invested with power
to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated government here, by
declaring us out of his protection, and
waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our
coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the
lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large ar
mies of foreign mercenaries, to complete
the works of death, desolation and tyranny
already begun, with circumstances of cru
elty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in tbe
most barbarous ages and totally unworthy
the head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow citizens,
taken captive on the high seas, to bear
arms againts their country, to become the
executioner of their friends and brethren,
or to fall themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections
against us, and has endeavored to bring on
the inhabitants of onr frontiers; the merci
less Indian savages, whose known rule of
warfare is an undistinguished destruction
of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions we
have petitioned for redress in tbe most
humble terms ; our repeated petitions have
been answered only by repeated injury.
A prince whose character is thus marked
by every act which may define a tyrant, is
unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attention
to our British brethren. - We have warned
them, from time to time, of attempts by
their legislation to extend an unwarranta
ble jurisdiction over us. We have remind
ed them of the circumstances of emisration
and settlement here. We have annealed
a
to their native justice and magnanimity,
and we have conjured them by the ties of
usurpations, which would inevitably inter
rupt our connections and correspondence.
They too have been deaf to the voice of
justice and of consanguinity.' We must
tnereiore acquiesce in the necessity which
announces our separation, and bold them
as We hold tho rest of mankind mr.,7t. in
war in peace, friends.
we, therefore, the representatives of the
United SiUkenTtt -Amprirm. :n m, 1 c-
1 . w IUCIIUVVU'
press assembled, appealing to the Supreme
T.l 11a a ... .
. uuge 01 me worm ror tne rectitude ot our
intentions, do in the name and by the au
thority Of the food nponlp nf ttiPOA nlnnioa
solemnly publish and declare that these
l T : j -, - 1 . , .
umieu volumes are, ana or rignt ougnt to
be, free and independent States ; that they
are absolved from all nlWinncn tn tho
British crown, and that all political con
nection oetween them and tbe state of
Great Britain, is, and ouht to be, totally
dissolved ; and that, as free and indepen
dent States, they have full power to levy
war, conclude peace, contract alliances, es
tablish commerce, and to iln all nthoe afa
and things which independent States may
01 rigni ao. Ana lor tne support of this
declaration, with a firm reliance on the
nrotectfon of Divine Providence. Wfl mnt n.
ally pledge to each other OT7B lites, otrB
tUUTKXES AD OUR SACRED HONOR.
JOHN HANCOCK.
New llammhwe. Georow TvW
Josiah liartlett. James Wilson.
William Whinnln. ftenrm Unas
Matthew Thornton, "Delaware.
Massachusetts Bay. Ctesar Rodney,
Samuel Adams,
Georse Read.
John Adams,
Robert Treat Faine,
Elbridge Gerry.
ffliode Island.
Stephen Hopkins,
William Ellery.
Thomas M'Kean.
Maryland.
Samuel Chase,
Willliam Paca,
Thomas Stone,
Charles Carroll,
Carrollton.
of
Connecticut.
Roger Sherman,
Virginia.
Samuel Huntington. George Wvtho.
Oliver Wolcott. ' Richard Henry Lee.
New York.
Thomas Jefferson.
William Flovd.
Benjamin Harrison,
Thomas Nelson, Jr.,
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton.
North Carolina.
William Hooper,
Philip Livingston,
t rancis Lewis,
Lewis Morns.
JVew Jersey.
Richard Stockton,
John Withersnoon.
Joseph llewes,
Francis Hopkinson. John Penn
John Hart, South Carolina
Abraham Clark.
Edward Butledze.
Pennsylvania.
Roberv Morris.
Thomas Hay ward,
Thomas Lynch, J. ,
Arthnr Middleton.
Georgia.
Button Gwinnett,
Lyman Hall,
George Walton.
Benjamin Rush,
Bejamin Frankliu.
John Morton,
Georse Clvmer
James Smith,
One IInnlrrl Tears Ago.
George Washington was made Commander-in-Chief
of the American Armies by the
Congress of the confederation, composed
of the Colonies of New Hampshire, Massa
cbussets Bay, Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North C'aroliaa.South
Carolina, and Georgia being present, at an
allowance of $500 a month and expenses.
One hundred years ago Washington ac
cepted the command in the following mem
orable address :
"Mr. President Though I am truly
sensible of the high honor done me in this
appointment, yet I feel great distress from
the consciousness that my abilities and
military experience may not beeqnal to the
extensive and important trust. However,
as Congress desire it, I will enter upon the
momentous duty and exert every power I
possess in their service and for the support
of the glorious cause. I bee they will ac
cept my most cordial thanks for this distin
guished testimony of their approbation.
"But, lest some unlucky event should
happen, 1 beg it may be remembered by
every gentleman in the room that I, thi
day, declare with the uttermost sincerity I
do not think myself equal to the command
I am honored wilh.
"As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the
Congress that, as no pecuniary considera
tion could have tempted roe to accept thi9
arduous employment at the expense cf my
domestic ease and comfort, I do not wish
to make any profit from it. I will keep an
exact account of my expenses. These I
doubt they will discharge, and that is all I
desire."
Saturday, June 17, 1773. Washington
was commissioned in the following order
of Congress, following by a resolution that
"Congress doth now declare that they will
maintain and assist him, the said George
Washington, with their lives and fortunes
in the same cause."
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ.
We, reposing trust and confidence is
your patriotism, valor, conduct and fidel
ity, do, by these presents, constitute and
appoint you lo be General and Commander
in-Chief of the Army of the United Coh
nioo mni nf all forves uuw lalnnt ut tvr te''
raised by them, and of all others who shall
voluntarily offer their service and join tht
said army for the defence of American lib
erty and for repelling every hostile invasioi
thereof; and you are hereby vested will
full power aud authority to act as you shal
think for the good and welfare of the ser
vice. And we do hereby strictly charge all
officers and soldiers under your command
to be obedient to vour orders and diligent
in the exercise of their several duties.
And we do also enjoin and require you
to be careful in executing the great trust
imposed in you by causing strict discipline
and order to be observed in the army, and
that the soldiers be duly exercised and pro
vided with all convenient necessaries.
And you are to regulate your conduct in
every respect by tne rules and discipline ol
war (as herewith given you), and punctual
ly to observe and follow such orders and
directions from time to time as you shall
receive from this or a future Congress ot
tbe United Colonies or committee of Con
gress. This commission to continue in force un
til revoked by this or a future Congress.
This brief record of Washington's first
public honors by all the colonies, aud of
his modest acceptance of tbe duties im
posed by them, tell their own story. We
have but to remember that this was 100
years ago, when Great Brittain was strong,
when tbe colonies were feeble and cot
wholly united to maintain Independence by
war, when there were loyal, devoted tories,
and even honest men who gave np life and
fortune, and endured banishment for the
mother country. We are to go back just
100 years comprehend the risks, the strug
gles, the sacrifices of the time, and then
only, can we fully appreciate what it meant
to take np. arms against the greatest power
i of Etiroj.