Jgrat pfpartmnit serWie are informed, through James Seals a returned prisoner that Clarke Bark, son of Neal Bark is dead, and that Richard L. Adams, son of D,trcson Adams, and Sun uel S. Rinehart, are on their way home from rehet prison. We have no particulars of where or when Burk diva. W. S. Throckmorton, M. D. We are pleased to see our young friend Dr. W. S. Threckmorton again on onr streets. We understand that he has com pleted his last course of medical lectures at Jefferson College, Phila., and now prepared to locate himself as a practising physician. 'Will' is a close student, affable and gentle manly in his intercourse with society, and we bespeak for him a liberal patronnge wherever he may choose to settle among Hucksters Notice--Look Out Tour Hucksters License only gives you the privilege of peddling produce out of the county; but does not give license to bring goods into the county, unless , oti procure• State licence to peddle. The law in such cases made and provided will be enforced. We have rights and menu to maintain Ow/. A. CITIZEN. March 20, 1865 Adams' Express Agency Adams' Express Company have establish ed an office in this place and have appointed our clever friend Wm. A. Powran, Esq., agent. This win prove profitable to the company, as well as a convenience to our citizens. 'We learn that offices have ako been established at Rices' Landing and Greensboro. This company is perfectly' re eponsible. Oil Land Agency. W. T. H. PAULEY, Esq., it will be seen by his card in another column, has opened an office in Philadelphia, f o r the purpose of selling oil lands, leases, interests in oil wells &c., with branch office at - New York and Boston. Pauley has been engaged in the , "oil business" fo: some time very successful ly and has quite an extensive acquaintance in the East as well in our own part of the state. His business qualifications are very good and any business entrusted to his care 'will be honestly and promptly attended to. OFFICL—No. 9, South Third St., Phila., Pa. See card. RETORTED FOR TUE MESSENGER Wedding in High Life. "Black spirits and. whitP, Blue spirits and gray; Mingle, mingle, mingle, You that min;:le may." On Sabbath last it was announced through our streets that "Aunt Nancy Claybourn," a "CAW lady" of our borough, was to be initiated into the secret mysteries of matri mony for the fourth time by Peter Willts, 4.1 genuine Congo nigger, (recently from the Southern Gmfetleracy) or in more elegant phraseology, an " American citizen of Afri can 'scent." The wedding came off at the residence, of "Aunt Nancy," where were assembled the whole Guinea aristocracy of the neighbor hood, from the handsome octaroon with no marks of servile lineage, save a slight kink in the raven hair and a little more white in the eye than belongs to the legitimate Cir casian orb—to the pure, unadulterated, bona fide nigger of ebony cuticle, thick lips, flat nose, receding forehead and spindle shanks. Then there were large numbers of "saucy white folks" present, who could not, if de manded by the master of ceremonies, have shown genuine cards of invitation. Aunt Nancy's spacious cabin was so crowd ed with bidden and unbidden guests, that the hymenial Alter was erected in the yard, with no canopy but the sunlit-empyrean. All preparations being comileted the bride Appeared "adorned for her husband" in.a lo 'breasted, narrow skirted, rather short wiiite t ,robe, worn without hoops. A large white itibband streamed gaily at her side, and her wool was ornamented with an elegant wreath 4,if. flowers. The groom. having recently em dgrated from Dixie, did not appear in very teplendid habiliments, in fact, some malicious ipensolis, whispered that Aunt Nancy fur nished his wedding out-fit from the ample .stores of her former spouses. lie this as it may, his clothes seemed to have been inten .tled,for some gentleman of far more, Ilercu dean proportions. The august ceremony of i glaeing together these two pieces of living ebony, was performed by our fellow citizen PoarEa, Esq. in good style. When the .command to "salute the 'ride" was given, Aunt Nancy forestalled the groom, (no 'ln ht 'through mistake) by kissing him with rvat 'fervour. The festive scene closed, in a large ,consumpt;on of sweatmeats, and a grand ( promenade through the town. The parties .have now fairly spread their sails "on the .ocean of wedlock their fortune to try," but .we scarcely dare to indulge the hope (con- Aidering the age of the bride) that this mar triage will result in a family of' sturdy nines worth in southern markets, $lOOO per capita, in good times. If the marriage fail inrespect to issue, let the sable pair console 'themselves with the poetical phylosophy ."0/ho do the best their circumstance po well—act nohly—anuels could no inure." Republican please copy College Contest The annual contest between the Union and Philomathean literary societies of Way peebnrg College took place on Wednesday evening, the 15th inst., at the College hall, in the presence of a large and respectable audience. The performances were credita ble to the young gentlemen engaged, and show that they have mode commendable progress in mental improvement. They wielded with no mean skill, those great weapons of civilization—the Tongue and the Pen`—and gave promise of assuming in due time, a fair position in the intellectual world. We would not, however, wish to intimate thspetivi Essays equaled the roasterpmees of the sllos4 . oter or the Rambler, or that the orations would compare favorably with those Webster Or Everett. The essays aboun -1 tick] with the cote non tanks of young writers —largo words—sounding phrases, and sen tences, overloaded with ornament, and con structed with a principal view to harmony. The fault inivst prominent in the orators on this occasion, consisted in delivering their speeches in strained and unnatural tones of VOICO, or in the melodious sing-song manner, NI Lich our funiable friends. the Quikers employ, in exhorting their breth ren. Willi young and unexperienced speak ers, howevor, these defects are common enonrt.ii, an,l we think that our yonng, aspi rants for the honors of the rostnim, can cor rect thew with less dialenlty than Dennis- thenes found, in modulating the wonderful voice that rim:se,l the States pit ancient Greece to resist the Macedonian tyrant. The following are the mones of the gentle men who bore Ml' the honora of the con- IBM SoloTt ;IT, —Tlie Lull of Penn—B. E. lEl', Waynes!)urg, Pa. rn East Finley, Original Oratitul—liistoric IL 11. LIND:Tx. J. 11.1.,“n, ut llinnan Cl i arac, ter the rez.,:llt ut E Ideation more than clitrvr- Q.nee 4jf No.cur.‘l —Atlivin, J. Ili. • Dunkard Oil Region 11,11. ur t111E1: N crn:xrr An ele.:ant map of Greene county, from actual and accurate surveys, giving nll the principal streams, and the names of all the landholders in the county, lots just been publisued by Messrs. 'Little, & Co , of this city. The to t - nships are colored in the best style of art, and it is hamolsomely bound in pocket, size. IC, is also gotten up on heavy anl superior paper for etunstlug houses ain't offices. Copies of it may be obtained at the of)ioA of t h e "E . , - t2rett nil (...!