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Dec 5 1 8pj7—v7n!9yl JIV , SHIIAD*. PHYSICIAN A URGED N j • will attend prom; tiy to ait call.-- in his pro- ; feasion. May be found at bis Office at the Drug ( Store, or at his residence on Putmnu S.eet, formerly occupted by A. K. Peckhiui E-q. DENTISTRY. , , v.-: s' v t Dr. L T. BURNS has permanently located in Tunkhannock Borough, *ri 1 respectfully tenters . his professional services to its citizens Office on seeoad floor, formerly occupied by Dr. , ffiilaaa vfln3Gtf. PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE, A*L> 82N1MEUTAL PA.IPCTIIVG. Tiv V. RUGER, Artist. Rooms over the Wyoming National bonk,in Stark's Brick Block, TUNKHANNOCK. 1' A . Life-size Portrait-* painted from Ain bn, types or Photograph* - Photographs Painted in Oil CYlors. — All orders for paintings executed according to or der, or no charge made. lost ructions gives in Drawing. Sketching Portrait and Landscape Painting, in Oil or water 1 Colors, and in all branches of the art. Tuuk., July 31, "c" -vjjtiso-tf. BOLTON HOUSE." IIAKKISUI lt<, i'KNN.t. The undersigned having lately purchased the " BUEHLER HOUSE " property, has already com aieaced such alterations and improvements as will render thus old and popular House equal, if not stipe rier, to any Hotel in the City of Harrisburg. A continuance of the public patronage is rcfpect fallv solicited. GEO. J. 801.T0.V -WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE, TUN'KILL HI NOCK, WYOMING CO., PA rHIS establishment has recently been reftted sn furnished in the latest style Every attention •ill be given to the comfort and convenience of those •jo patronize the Iloue T. Id WALL, Owner and Proprietor-. Tunkhannoek, September 11. ISfil. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MKSHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA Wni. H. CORTRIGHt, Prop'r CTAVTNO resmned the proprietorship of the above 11 llutel, the undesigned will "pare no efforts ender the bouse an agreeable place of sojourn to >ll who may favor it with their custom- Win. U CO KT Hid 111. June, 3rd, 1863 MEANS' HOTEL. TOWA3NT3D A, PA. D- -B. BARTI.ET, (Late of t- "BHAINARD Horsa, ELIIIRA, N Y PKOPKIETOR. The MEANS IIOTEU. i-one of tne LARGEST and BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country —it is fitted up in the most modern and unproved style and no pams are spared to make it a pleasautand, agreeablestoppngi jqace for all, 211yv3-u. u. . REVENUE NOTICE. ASSISTANT ASSESSOR'S OFFICE for 7th Di vision, (Wyoming County) half a mile north of Wall's Hotel, Montrose Street, at the late residence el Hon K. R. Little. IRA AVERY Assistant Assessor, 7th Division 13th District, SENTSAARWH. DEE J>, 1067v7n13unl TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. --WEDNESDAY, MAR. 18. 181)8. Tr:a notXo's GREAT REMEDT F-JR Scrofula and Scrofulous Diseases. From Finery Files, n KcU-kumcn merchant of Ox ford, Maine. " I have sold quantities of your SARSAPA BILLS, lint never yet one bottle which failed of the desired effect and mil satisfaction to those who took it. As fast as our people try it, they agree there lias been uo medicine like it bciore in our eonimuuity." 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" I had for several years a very troublesome hum or in my faee, which grew constantly worse until it disfigured ley features sad became an intol eralde affliction. I tried almost every thing a man could of both udviee aa.l medicine, but without any relief whatever, until 1 took your SARSAPARH.I.A. It immediately made my fare worse, as yon tobl me it. might for a time; but in a few weeks the new skin began to form under thp blotches, and con tinu'sl until my face is as smooth as any body's, and 1 atn without any symptoms of the disease that I know of. I enjoy"perlbet health, and without a doubt owe ft to your SAKS WARH.LA.'' Erysipelas General Debility—Puriftr the Blood. P~am T>r. R. 'it. Sairiu. Houston St., Xem York. '• Dk Ayi.k. I seldom tail to remove Eruptions and S'r-iful in Sores by the persevering use of your SARSJLf Aglt.l.A, and 1 have just now cured au alt tek of Malignant F-unpehis with it. 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AYER'S CATHARTIC I'ILT.S posse- s go many advantages over the other purgatives in the market, and their superior irtin-s are so universally known, that we need not do tuore than to assure the public their •,da!itj is niaintaineil equal to the best it ever j'as been, ami that they may lie depended on to do all that they have ever done. Prepared by J. C'. AYEK, M. D., & Co., Lowell, M ass., and sold by For sale bvßutinell A B.innatjne, and Lyman A Whils, Tunkhaonoi k. Sterling A Sun, Mcshoppcn, Stevefig A Ackley, Luccyville, Frear, Dsan A Co, Fsctutyville, and all Druggists aud Deslsis in med cincs, everywhere. THE HEALING FOUL, AND lIOLSK OF MERCY. Howard Association Reports.for YOlNfi MEN on the CRIME OF SOLITUDE, and the ER RORS, ABUSES a id DISEASES which destroy the manly |wers, and create impediments to MAR RIAtiE, with sure means of relief. Sent iu sen'ed letter, envelope®, free of charge Address Dr. J. SKILLEN LIUI'GrKTOX, Howard Association, Pbil idclpbia. Pa. 6n44-lyear- THH UNION STRAW CUTTER, MANUFACTURED DY William I-llckner, At I I.YAV/AAWOCA', Tenn 'a. Who has the exclusive right for Wyoming county, is .me of the, very few Machines that will cut Hay. Straw. Stalks, the knob of the door. Put ting her hand in to see what it contained,she felt something animate, A liitle surprised at so extraordinary a discovery,she immediate!}- retnioed into the hallway to examine by the light of the lamp tho mysterious contents. — Pinned to 'he clothes enwrapping the little tiling she found a billet addressed to her ; husband, which she instantly read, as fol- j lows : MY DF.AU S— T send you little Tommy, and hope you will bring him np well. It is j the pet of its father. Ah, what an old play- j boy you are, making me believe all the lime ; you were a widower ; now, you confounded i old sinner, you will bave something to amuse you. Your broken hearted NANCY. P. S. Don't let that long nosed vixen of a | wife of yours see this. She would be sure to | give you rats, yet you cannot blame me. Your inconsolable N. J Filled with rage upon reading (he forego ing news, Mrs. S. at once ascended to the l parlor. [Scene in the Parlor —Mr. S. lounging on j the sofa puffing a cigar, and looking perfectly complacent Enter Mrs. S., her face as red j as a pulpit cushion and her eyesballs glaring with madness ] Mrs. S.(loquitur)—Yes,there you are, you j hypocrite ! you villain ! you deceitful, lying,, mean, despicable, abominable— Mr. S. (starting up amazed and frightened at such vituperative expletives burled at him I from his amiable spouse) —Hold, Jenny,hold; what's all tins about—eh ? Gracious me—eh? , Mrs. S (with a curl of m.pretne dis lain >n ; her rnbv hps)—Oh, faithless flunky of a bus j hand ! Oh ! that I should C -me to this ! Never look me 10 the face again, base wntcli. See, I have found you out at last. (Mrs S. j places the basket deliberate!V on the carpet j under her spouse's nose.) Now, !o"k at that from your inconsolable Nancy ; look at it ! n won't bite you ! Well, I declare, tie do "n't seem (o mmd it a bit. 1 will call in all the neighbors. • (Exit Mrs, S. Mr. S. reconnoiters the basket and touches 'he lively contents with the delicate tips of his fingers ; is afraid to open it. Enter Mrs. S., a dozen neighbors looking grave.) ! Mr. B.—Now, ladies and gentlemen, I will show you something that will make each individual hair on your head stand bolt up right like a telegraph pole. (Mrs. S. proceeds to undo the swaddling clothing io which the present from Nancy is enveloped.) "It has the devil in it already," she remarks, as the little thing kicks. And now all eyes are rivited to see if it really looks like its father, and as Mrs. S. takes off lhe last cover, out pops a Torn cat, and scampers down the stars. " To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. " THE NEW YEAR'S GIFT. It was New Year's eve; a blustering night. The wind dashed the frozen sleet furioiiidv against the sturdy wall of the old Red Stone Farmhouse, making the bright fire that was burning in the large, old fashioned kitchen seem doubly grateful, and around which were gathered father Williams, his wife, and four children. The weather bronzed face of the farmer had a careworn and discontented look. lie was one of those who " make haste to be rich," and though he is surrounded by many blessings and every reasonable want, at the close of the old year find no surplus in his purse, his heart, instead of being lifted up with gratitude, is filled with re pinings. llis gentle, meek browed wife is sitting beside him, and her countenance wears a look of chastened sorrow, and tears glisten in Iter eyes as they wander to a corner of the room where stands a vacant cradle, from which smiled, a week ago, the rosy checked, bright eyed boy, upon whose lit tle grave to-night the snow is drifting heavily. The silence was broken by a heavy knock at the door. Farmer Williams immediately opened it, revealing a respectable, middle aged colored man, who held carefully in his hand a covered basket. " Does Mrs. Williams live here ?"' be in quired. " She does." " The lady who buried a little child yes tut day ?" •' Yes." " Well, here is a New Year's present for her." Thrusting the basket into the farmer's hands lie turned and walked quietly down the road whore could Be dimly seen the outlines of a covered sleigh, from which could be distinctly heard the soiindof still ed softs. Bewildered and astonished, farmer il liams carried the basket into the kitchen, and carefully set it down on the table. As he did-so he was startled by a plain tive crv, and upon opening if, there lay a lovely boy. apparentlv about three months old. Farmer Williams sprung to the door, but the sb-igh and its occupants were no where to be seen. In the. meantime Mrs. Williams and the children gathered around the basket with exclamations of surprise and pleasure.— As the babe saw the gentle face that ber.t over it, it suddenly stopped crying, and smiling, stretched out its little bauds to wards Iter. The heart of the bereaved mother now yearned toward the child, and taking it up in her aims, she pressed it fondly to her bosom. Just then tho husband came back from Lis fruitless search. '• I d'daie. it is an imposition!" be ex claimed stamping the snow oil his boots " But I won't submit to it. I'll Like it over to the town farm the very first tiling in the morning." " I caft't hear the idea of its going there, ; John," said his wife. "Just see what a sweet babe it is 1" " I don't see but what it looks like all other babies," returned John, gruffly, do ing his best to sto< 1 his heart against the ; little, stranger, in which he only partly sue j ceeded. for, rough as was the farmer's way, j he had a kindly nature, if one could only reach it, " Any way, the authorities will have to take care of it," farmer Williams continu i ed. " We can't—we have got more months j to fill now than we can find bread for." Mrs. Williams' lips quivered as her thoughts reverted to the little grave in the i churchyard. Ah, to her heart there was one too few. " Dear John," said Mrs. Williams.plead- I tngly, " It seems as though fiod had sent ! this babe to take the place of our own little j Willie, whom He lias taken to himself.— Let ns keep it. Tt will not fail to bring a j blessing upon ns, yon may be sure." Farmer Williams' countenance relaxed ' I as be looked into her tearful eyes. " Well, well, Mary," lie said in a soften |ed voice, " I'll think about it. If we do ! you and the children will have to go with j out a good many things, for these are hard ! I times, and likely to be worse. So yon ■ ! had better weigh the thing well before de ! ciding." Mrs. Williams did so. and the resnlt was : ! that tfie New Year's present became a fix ture in the Red Stone Farmhouse. lie ! grew up a merry, winsome lad, twining ' i even around the farmer's rugged nature, | and taking in the heart of his adopted ! ! mother, tlie place of her lost darling, and I loved bv her with equal tenderness. Many sacrifices did Mrs. \\ illiams make i : —many toilsome hours did she spend, in I order that her husband might not feel the j expense of his maintenance heavily. And ; well bis growing intelligence and beauty, and tlie ardCnt affection lie evinced for her repay her for all. There was nothing about him that would give the slightest clue to It is parentage. Simply a hit of white paper pinned to his frock. <>n which were these words, evidently written by a : woman, in a graceful but unsteady hand: "Arthur— born September 23. 1 was a stranger, and ye took ine in." Farmer Williams made some inquiries in the neighborhood, and learned that a lady with an infant, accompanied by a ser vant. bad been slopping f>>r a week past at | the village tavern; that site was very beautiful, but very pale and sad, and kept I her loom uio.-t of the time. But they dis appeared from there almost as suddenly as , they came. • * i • • * * * * * It ia just ten years since Mrs. William# received her New Year's gift. Let us take another peep into the Red Stone Farm-* house. 1 lie group is smaller now than 1 then. The farmer who murmured ten years agothat he had so many mouths to feed, has only one child left him—the lit— ! tie, flaxen haired girl that is sitting beside his knee. The rest are sleeping in the churchyard. A heavy misfortune has befallen him ; 1 the thirst for riches has brought its usual curse. Possessed with the mania for spec ulation, he mortgaged his farm, house, and all it contained. The gilded burst and the dawning of the New Year found him a ruined and homeless man.— This was the last night that he and his family were to stay in the old homestead, that had been in the family for four gen erations, aud was linked to his heart by j so many tender memories. On the mor row they knew not whither to go. It is true that many of the old neighbors—kind, good souls— had offered him a temporary home ; but it was hard for the proud self- j reliant man to accept chaiity from any. " What can we do ? Where can we j go to ?" he groaned as he thought of the morrow. " The Lord will provide for us John " said his wife, lifting her patiefit eyes'to ltis. | "He never has forsaken us. Neither j will he forsake one who trusts in Ilim. " Lot the farmer lacked the Ohristain res- i ignation that made thai gentle heart such a heaven of peace and love. " Ay, that s what you've always said, wife, " he resorted, impatiently, " and you ; see what we have cortie to. For my part j I don't think the Lotd troubles Himself much about us anyway. " Mrs. Williams might have said that he brought this upon himself, but she wisely forebore. Just then then' came the sound of a quick, buoyant step, and there burst into the room a fine sturdy lad of about fen, his eyes bright, and his cheeks glowing from the keen, frosty air. '' It's bitter cold 1 tell you, " he exclaim ed flinging his cap, boy fashion, upon the kitchen settee, and stepping up to (he fire. " Not but what I've been as warm as toast all but my ears and fingers," be added, blowing upon the latter as he spoke. " Here is something for yon, mother, " j he said, seating hirnsi lf on a stool at her j foci, and tossing into her lap a shining ; piec of gold. " Wliv Arthur where did you get this?" i " The strange gentleman down at the j tavern gave it to me. mother. He asked ! me into his room, and gave me as many tints and raisins as I could eat, beside. " " I wonder who he is ? " she said musing b'- " J can tell vou " exclaimed her hus band, hie eyes flashing angiily. He is the owner of the Lied Stone Farmhouse. He is the man who bid against me on the few articles I wanted to reserve. The curse of the homeless rest upon hiiu. " " Nay John, " interposed his wife gent ly, " perhaps lie did not know how highly ■ you prized them. " " Yes he did ; Parson Brown stepped up and told him, but he only smiled, and said he wanted to buy everything jnst as it stood. " " Well said the boy, gazing thoughtful- Iv into the fire "I can't help pitying! liim he locked so sorrowful, lie -asked j me a great many questions about you, mother, and all the rert of us, and kept' walking up and down the room, w ringing bis hands and groaning as if be was in great trouble. " " I will buy yon a new coat with this, Arthur " said Mrs Williams, as she exam inod anew the gold coin. " Yon need one badlv enough, " she added, glancing with a sigh at his well patched roundabout. " Yon shall do nothing of the sort, moth er, " said the generous hearted boy.— " You shall buv yourself and sissy a nice warm shawl. " Before Mrs, Williams could reply there was a quick knock at the door. Farmer Williams opened it. It was only a boy who brought a small parcel for Mrs. Wil-.-j liaius. " Another I\ew Year's gift, I suppose, " he said bitterly, as lie handed it to her, for be was in a bitter mood. Mrs. Williams glanced reproachfully at her husband : " God grant that it may bring as much comfort, " she saiil laying her hand fond ly upon the head that was. resting against her knee. As she opened it she uttered an exclama tion of surprise. It was a deed ol Bed Stone Farmhouse, and made out in her name. On the inside wrapper were these words : > . j " Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these, ye did it u.ilo Me." There were grateful and happy hearts beneath the roof of the-wld homestead that night, though with Mrs. Williams joy there was uimgled aq uneasy feeling, bhc was well assured that it was in some way con nected with Arthur, and trembled with apprehension lest some one should appear who had stronger claims to him. This, fear was dissipated the next morning by a letter that caipe to her in ttic first mail. It contained a check for live thousand dollars, together with these words ; The boy that yon so generously re- j oeivesJ ten years ago. and have so tender-1 IT cherished since, will never be tak< n frorti von. The mother forced to relinquish "the babe, dearer to ber than life, is new in Heaven. The father who so basciy forsook his child, and her whom he had sworn t? cherish, is unworthy of so sacred a trust. In S —Hank yon will find j the sum of twenty thousand dollars defdsi ; ted in the name of your adopted son, of j which he is to como Into possession when he if legally of and the interest of which mto b appropiated to his support and education during his minority. To this'singular letter there was neither date nor signature. Thero were various conjectures in regard to the stranger, who had been in the village for some days, and from whom the letter came, as well as the package received the night before. But when Arthur recalled to his mind the look of sad, remorseful tenderness with which he had regarded him, he felt that it ! must have been his father. Yet he often said, as he looked into the face of his | adopted mother, that be wanted no dearer I friends than those he already had. And as for Mrs. \\ tlliams, among all the bles ' sings that surrounded her, there was not 1 one that brought her a purer joy than he | whom she had taken to her heart when a : friendless babe, her New Year's gift. AFRAID OK THE LAW. —The mongrel destructionists at Washington, are afraid of the law, as a mad dog is of water.— Last week, when Stanton had Gen. Thom as arrested and taken before the mongrel Judge Cartter, that functionary, boiling over with " loyalty," placed him under uuusaily heavy bonds for his appearance. After consulting with Stanton, and find ing that holding Thomas to bail would bring the test before the Supreme Court, Cartter and Stanton backed square down, and discharged Thomas. They are afraid of the law, and dare not meet the issue like honest men. This seems to be the ruling feebng in Congress. Hence every means will be resorted to, in order to pre vent an expression by the Supreme Court. It matters not, however, the verdict of the people is already made out, and it will be delivered to the utter discomfltute of the disuniunists, in November next. What can be more disgraceful in the' eves of the world than the Executive and Congress of the United States going off in ; such high dudgeon because a tnarigy cur ehooses to oceupy his kennel, after having been kicked from the company of gentle men. Congress does itself no honor, in at tempting to force such a miserable apology for a gentleman as STANTON upon the l'res- [ ident. Suppose that the President would j attempt to compel Congress to receive an 1 expelled rn> rnber, they would be justly in- j dgnaot at such an outrage upon decency.' Who then can condemn Prcsidi nt JOHNSON for doing all in his. power to get rid of a pimp and spy .like STANION ? No fair mind- j ed person can do so. Immense Mass Meeting An immense mass meeting of citizens opposed to tin* impeachment, was held Friday evening at the Cooper Institute in New York city, Resolutions were read declaring that the present political crisis is fraught with danger to the republican institutions of the United States, and that a government by and under a written constitution is the only safeguard of freedom. Also affirm ing the right of the President to remove members of his Cabinet ,and declaring that any attempt to deprive him of that right is a monstrous perversion of the powers conferred upon the House fc of Represen tatives. In striking contrast to the unchristain and unsoldierlike antipathy which Gov. Geary in his message, expresses against the inanimate remains of Southern soldiers which lie within Antietam cemetery, is the following from the message of Gov, Kenton, of New Yoik, also a Radical:— "To day nothing perhaps could sooner awaken a national spirit in the heart of the South than the thought that represen tatives of the Northern States were gath ering the remains of its fallen sons for the interment in our National Cemetery, THE FIRE AT BARKUM'S MUSEUM.— New York, March 3.—The loss by the hie at llamum's Museum is estimated at £500,000. The giraffe valued at $20,000, will die from its burns. The Museum was insured for $150,000. Thelossis 8100,- 000. A pair of tigers were burned, val ued at ?25,000. The scenery, Ac., forCu now piece was burned. Circassian girl is also a heavy loser. The giantess loses $3,000. Twenty-two animals were saved, and twenty-eight burned. HOMESTEAD. —It, ought to he generally J known but is not, that every citizen be-1 ing at the head of a family, is entitled to j one hundred and sixty acres of land upon J the payment often dollars in fees and ac- j tual settlement there, upon any of the va- ; cant lands in cither the States or Terri- j tories unoccupied. A great deal of land ( of first quality yet remains unappropriated in Arkansas, Louisiana. Missouri, lowa, and other States and Territories. The refusal of Judge Carter ( a Radical of the most ultra stripe) to lrold Gen. Thomas for trial for an alleged violation of the tenure of office act, is a plain confession that G