jjARVEY SICKLER, Publisher. VOL. VIII. flrnioir.it .leuiteJ to Poll t'm-.J -/id "?YtT ; News the Art, | Sciences A Pub- j jit, t Tunkhannock I jy HAhV V SICKLER * Term*—l copv 1 ver, (in* a !v;mce) s**2,oo ;if w t p:ifd within six in an t ha, s'i.jG will be charged ( NO paper will be DISCOXTINI ED, until all ar rt&rs,! -re pit 1 .; uniejj at the option of puMiaher. , RATES OF ADVERTISING Tgs LINES CONSTITUTE A SQUARE. ons ,)" iro "ne or three insertions SI 50 £ rf rv suiwjii nt insertion less than 8 50 JUuKSTAT*, Personal PROPERTY, and GENERAL AUVEBTISINQ, as iiiav be agree.l upon. PATENT MEDICINES and other advertisements ov the colninn : One" eolutrm, 1 year, #6O | Half e ainn, I year 35 j T!.n toluuin, 1 year, 35 I\ urtli (olumn, 1 year.w 20 |jttsiiie<< Cards of one square or less, per year rt h paper. 49. : f*" EOITORIAL or LOCAL ITEM advertising—with- , oat A IvsTti.-e i.eut—ls els. {>er line. Liberal terms ■ maJe with permanent a Ivertisers . KXECC TORB, ADMfXrSTPATUItS nnd ATDI fuR'S NuTICE?, of the usual length, #2,50 OBTTUARTI'* 5 .- "x -'e,iing ton tin s, each ; RELI I t?Pit'S and LITEU.ARY NOTICES, not of geuoral . Merest, one hulf tne regular rates. I IverCsetnents roa-t he handed in bv Trrs- • CAT No N, to insure in-ertion tho same week. ,JIH WORK. f>!! kinds neatly executed and at prices to suit j p time*. 11l TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS and JOB VtOKK. u.ust ho paid for, when ordered Business Nof ices. J y ii.MAA BUTTisK ATTORNEYS A1 Li LAW Oilie on Tioga Street Tunkhann-cfc Pa II S. HIOPER. I'll YS It'l AN 4 SUttOMNI 11. Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa. A i.. r.AitKisii, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ".'••tiie t the Court House, in Tunkhatioek W_v .TILING C PA U.I. u. PIATT, ATIOREKY ZI UW of tec in 8 u.i's Jiric k Block Tioga St., Tnnk me k. Pa T til AS E., ATTORNEY AND CO! NSJEL I l.'til .4 1 LAW, Nieli '..-on, Wyoming Co-, Pa ( ts,e ial att-jn.ion given to settlement of deie dei.'- estites •.. Pa It-- ?~,;T -* 7til : >yl AT .1. \4 I {.SON. AT 10 NKY AT LAW, Col .'!• iee'ing an I ileal Estate Agent, luwa Lands hi sale. S.ranton, Pi. 38il. I W . MIIUIM, PHY SICI IN A SURGEON, J • .il a.l od | - in, tiy to ail calls in his pro t'c*i..n. Ma j he lou .d iit his Office at the Drug .v. rr or at it - r. -i o.i: e on l'utiuau Srcet, formerly W| ed by A. la. l'e.su.im L-q. WP.T3AST, LANDSCAPE, ANl> r\ v-> w •* T T* 7T bAh TV A Ail Xi AM A A Ad i^yVTl\r r X'TINTGr. 7iy L'CGFtt, Artist. Rii ovei the Wyoming National bank, in ftark's Block, TI'NKII AWOCK, DA. Life-site Portraits painted from Ambntypeg or kvt.itrgpba Photographs Painted in OilCtlort. — All ■ r itrs for paint iuga executed aceordilij; to or is- or no charge tu le. | r~ Iristru tiotis given in Drawing. Sketching, I .trait and Landscape Painting, in Ull or water I'nlors. and in all branches of the art, tank. July 31. 'fit -vgnso-tf. TIDTKOUD HOUSE. TUNKHANNOCK. WYOMING CO., PA. THIS ESTABLISHMENT HAS RECENTLY' I iie-n n title lan 14nrnislied in the latest style. Every attention will lie given to the comfort and •onveuicn-ce ot those who patronize the House. 11. IM'ITnRI) Proprietor. I Tunkuaaoek, Pa.. June i7, 1369 —v7n44. BOLTON HOUSE . JLAIIKJSIIUHTI, PEN'NA. The undersigned having lately purchased the "BCEHLKR lltdl'SE " property, hag already eom nnueod saeh alterations and improvements as will -eajer this old and popular House equal, if not suj.-e --rt ir, to anv Hotel io the City of Harrishurg. A continuance of the public patronage is refpeet fully solicited. GEO. J. BOLTON WALLS HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE, Tl>\k!l IWili k, WYOMING CO., PA. rlir3 eitaMifhment lets recently been refitted an i'amihed in the latest style Everv attention •ill be -.riven to the comfort and convenience ol those •bo patronize the Iboi-e T. 15. W ALL. Owner and Proprietor'. Tunkhannock, Sejitemlter 11, 1861. MEANS' HOTEL. TOWAMDA., PA . T. 11. BARTLET, I Late ot i.. "BIUI.NARO 1101-SK, ELUIHA, N. Y'. PttOPK IKTOK. The MEANS HOTEL, i-one of the LARGEST nl BE.-f ARRANGED Houses in the country —lt ii tied up iu tho most modern and improved style *ti no pains are spared to make it a pleasantand •grec.ibie stopping place £r all, vjt.'di-ly. FOR FALE CHEAP, PLATFORM 'SPRING -W-AGONS, At JEREMIAH CAMPBELLS', Tunkhannock Pa n49-tf. NOTICE. A'.! person, indebted to me, by note, judgment, or ■"ok a.-i oaot, are requested to make payments iin-1 ®evliately- and save Cost. DANIEL WRIGHT, J Took , May 13, 1?c9.—n40. "000 Yds. DELAINES fur 15 rts., I* ; .Mr i. Ht C DETR ICR'S, j •'GOO YARDS BED Prints, FOR '•Srt* ir Tard ut C. DBTKICK'T. ! TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA.-WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 0,18(58. Latent \ Late arrival of New Goods. Great Bargains at the New Store of C. Detricli, in S. Shirk's Bii;k Block. AT TUNKHANNOCK. PEI'A. Ilavingjust returnetl from the City, / am now opening an entire New Stock of FALL GOODS, and one of the lorgest and richest assortments ever oflered in this community. Consisting of RICH AND FANCY COL'RD DRESS SILKS, FRENCH AND ENGLISH MERINOS, EMPRESS AND PRINCESS CLOTH;, POPLINS, PAREMETTOS, BLACK AND COLORED ALPACCAS WOOL, ARML'RE, PEKIN AND MOI'SELIEU DEL A INS, INPORTED AND DOMESTIC GINGHAMS, PRINTS, of Best Mat ufacturcs and Latest Styles, Ladies Clotlis and Sacfineings, Cloths, Cassi meres, Y r est in'gs, Sateuetts, Tweeds. Jeans, Cottomules, Drills, Denims, Ticks, Checks, Stripes, Sheetings Shirtings, Bleached A Brown. Sbatvls, Sontngs. Hoods. Furs, Ladies' Reticules. Shopping Bags and Baskets TRUNKS, VALISES, and IKAYELING; BAGS, Kid, Silk, Lisle Thread, Cotton Gloves, Hosiery, Notions, Toilet and Fancy GOODS, FANCY SO ACS, PERFUMERY, 4rC., Jr., 4-., Blade and Colored Velvets, Ribbons, Ruffles, Frills, Frinrjcs, Ilrails, Beads, Ball an-l Bugle Trimmings A Large qnantitv LATEST STYLE HOOP SKIRTS, | and COKSETTS. direct from Manufacturers, at ■ grectlv redu-et prices, FLANNELS all Colors and Qa flit its. j BEADY MADE 01otA3.X34Lg', AND GENTS' Furnishing Goods. HATS AND CAPS ol Latest Styles, CALF. KIP, and HEAVY, BOOTS A SHOES. Ladies'. Misses', an t Children's Kid Ptuiioile Mo rocco ird Call Gaiters, Shoes, and Slippers, Wall and Window Paper, Window Curtains A Curtain Fix tures, Carpets A 0i 1 - Cloths. China. Glass, and Stone Ware, Tinware,—made expressly for this Trade, ai d warranted to give satisfaction, 20 jer cent. Cheaper than the usual rates in htis section, Nails, Spikes, Iron. Steel. Horse Shoes Hurso Shoe Nails, Nail Rods, Faints. Pu\nt Oils, Painters ; Material , Puffy, Window Glass, Kerosene Oil Ball, 'l\irlor, Stand, and Band Lamps, Lanterns, Lamp Chimnies, Shades, and Burners. COAL, AS ITT ON, TURK ISLAND, Sr BBL. SALT FLOUR. FEED. MEAL, BETTER. CHEESE, LARD, PORK, HAM?, and FIBIT. SUGAR, TEA, COFFEE SPICES. SYRUP. A MOLASSES, WOOD & WILLOW WARE, Ropr.x, CORDAGE, BASKETS, BROOMS, FAILS, TUBS. WASH BOARDS, CARPET S A' EEPEBS, i BRUSHES, of all kinds, PATENT MEDICINES, DRUGS, nnd DYES, FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Ac., Ac, These goods have been selected with great care to suit the wants ot this community, and will be sold as ' heretofore, at the lowest living rates for cash or exchanged for country produce at market prices. Thankful ! for the past liberal patronage, 1 shall ' endeavor by strict attention to my i business, to merit a continuance at , the same, and will try to make the i future still more attractive uud ben eticial to customers. I C. DETKICK. ladrij. ' THE GIRL WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR. BV ETB E L LYSN. Oh. hnppy dream ! oh, holiday. Bright day of all the past, Brimming with tender Summer light, Too full of sun to last, One childish (Lure mil the haze Still beckons evermore, Still I, a royal slavo obey, The girl who lived next door. Sweet eglantine has bloomed sinco|then, Red maples filled anl flushed, The nightingales since then have sung. When courser sounds were bu-hel ; But ra Idy tiu.-h nor blossoms breath, Nor bird-song evermore, Will seem, as when I sat beside The girl who lived next door. For her I run the student race, For her I wonjthe prize, For love of her came houie again To reti 1 her lovely eyes , Aud when tho slurs cuiuc trooping out, Methought my cures were o'er, And I need only ask to win The girl who lived next door Tho Summer eve grow straogcly dark, The stars shone dim to ine, And roses withered as I saw Beneath tiio maple tree, My idol circled by an arm Which band and chievron bore ; A soldier's bride ; | I knew it all : ] The girl who lived next dcor. ....... When wan t'ring fir, some impulse strange, Drew home my vagrant feet, 00.-o more beneath the eglantine, Some guidance did us meet Under the window; wh'te inl still, I saw mv love once inre, When burial blossom-', sweet and whito, Unstirred her bosom bore She was not mine to win and lose, But ever mine to keep, Mine to remember lovingly On twilight's dreamy sleep ; The gladness of a day gone by. Is mine for evermore An 1 life is sweeter having loved The girl who died next d -or. GRANT, THE MONKEY, AND THE MULE. CASSABIANC'A THE SECOXD. The bay sat on the pony's back As around the ring lie fled The du-t that Hew aroun i the track Fell thick upon his head. Yet, betutiful and firm ho stuck, As horn to ride wil 1 p-tnies A crcatu r e of un-oininon pluck, '- A brick " among his cronies. The niulo ran on— he'd not let go, Without Ids father's worJ— His father's faintly ciy of " whoa " Was smothered iu the crowd. The pony faster and faster.flaw, With Jocko running after; Bravocs from ihe crowd thoy drew, Convulsing all with laughter. Jocko leaped with splendor wild, * Carrying his tail on nigh, And sat behind the gallant child With mischief in his eye. There came a burst of loud applause— The hoy— O 1 was he there 1 Ask of Jocko, who, with his paws, Was combing Hiram's hair. THE EFFECT OF GROANING. —A cer tain Dutchman made his entry into New Orleans last summer, while the cliokra was racing there, ami was greatly troubled in finding a boarJing-liou>e. He inquir ed of the first one lie saw if they had the cholera in the house and learning that they had, he went to another, and another, determined not to stop at any house where the dreaded disease was doing its work of death. At la>t, aft r a long and weary search, he found one where there was no cholera, and he took up his quarters there. The master of the house was a godly man, and had a rule to have family worship.— While he was offering prayer, he groaned with some force and fervor, when the Dutchman started up and cried out— "Yot is ter matter ? " "Nothing," said tlie host. In a short time he groaned again, and the Dutchman start* d, his eyes glaring like saucers, ami exclaimed '•O.i ! mine God ! der is something ter matter mil you." "No," said the landlord ; and to calm his apprehension, he added, "I am a Meth odist, and it is the custom of the members of the Metbo list Church to groan during their devotions." This was enough for the Dutchman, who at once ruGied into tiie street for a doctor, and then begged him to run to the house on the corner. "Have they got the cholera ? " asked the doctor. "No, worse; dey got ter Metlodfs, and der man will die if you don't run quick !' WORDS FOR BOYS TO REMEMBER. — Liberty is the right to do whatever you WI-JI. without interfering will; the rights of others. Save your money and yon will find it one of tiie most useful friends. Never give trouble to your father or mother. Take care of your pennies and they will grow to be dollars. Inten.p rHtice is the cause of nearly all the trouble in the world, beware of strong di nk. " To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. " DECLINE OF THE NEGRO RACE IN THE SOUTH. The following, from the Marion (Ga.) ! Journal and Mrnkenrjrr, contains so much of tm latfeholy interest and so much food ! for reflection that we invite for it a carc : ful reading : The negio population of Georgia is trav I elling with giant strides towards total ex | tinction. So rapid is the decline, even | those living among it can see the decrease ! very plainly. At lite close of the war all 1 restraints imposed upon servants by virtu- I otis masters were withdrawn, and the freedtnen and the frcedwonien felt at lib ; erty to do as they pleased. This quickly : resulted —it was astonishing how quick — 'in almost universal lewdness. It is a ! world-wide fact that no race ever yet in i creased and flourished, which did not rig idly inculcate and enforce, hy the powers |of public opinion, tho strictest virtue. — i The negro, as a race, cares nothing for ■ tins, and on'y practiced, in the days ol bondage, habits of morality because be ! was forbidden indulgence in vice. No one sees one negro infant to twenty ! ten ve;rs ago. Instead of the especial ' eintnissaries sent among them by North ! em fanatical associations teaching them i habits cf virtue, they join with them in ; habits of lewdness, and, by their shame— ; less example, lead many of them on the i road to iniu. The white people of the j South lone, in a measure, lost control of I ibis population. Their former functions | have been assumed by strolling, irrespon sible men and women who had bad reptl ! tations at home, and who tied among this | simple minded people a delicious fit Mto j pracice their operations. They are rap | idlv destroying the race by pernicious pre cept and example. A few years only w ill have elapsed be ; fore thev will not he felt at the polls. — Improvident and irregular in their habits, ; gluttonous in their diet, devouting itn -1 proper food, neglected in sickness ; inor ! tality is prevailing among all ages to a far greater extent than any one dreams of. ; There are planters who used to own five i hundred who do not know of the existence of one hundred of the number. Had they not b en freed, that family would to-day number seven hundred at least. The idea tiiat they eiih r live b"tter or have more freedom now than they used to is simply •ri 'iculo is, They neither get the same | amount to eat, drink or wear. To one born and reared ammg thein, ' and w lio saw them in better days—d tys wh.nlh y were a thousand times more happy than they are now—the dissolving I view of tiiis great phamton is curiously 1 interesting and equally instructive. It ( shows how heaven sometimes creates fa i natical zeal and philanthropy to a people ; for the purpose of destroying them. As suming the form ot friendship, the work of demolition, is made the more easy and certain ; ami the poor victim only wakes up in eternity to a full realization oi the means which, commencing with his moral, was quicklv followed bv his bodily death. We, sit as it were watching a panoiama which has elicited the attention of the world, and of which the world has grown weary, roil away and rapidly pa>s from the stage. To many it is a mournful sight ito others it is curious ; while the philoso j pher set s only a solution of a problem i whose every figure he has studied ami j understands. x | A RASCALLY URCHIN.—A Boston man i tells the following newsboy story: Coupon, the corpulent banker, was ! standing in State Street one hot dav in I August, ''wiping the serville drops ofi his brow, ' when a ragged hut a sharp-eyed | newsboy accosted Imn with ; "Please, sir, tell n e tbe time ! " Coupon lugged out his Fordsham, and ! looking bcnignanlly down to his interloc utor, responded : "Just two o'clock." "All right, old buffer," said the gamin, gathering his legs together for a run.— "You ea-i sell out for soap grease at thiee I o'clock " The insulted man of money raised his | cane and, making a frantic uish at his tor ' mentor, nearly fell over a friend that was i ct nii g up. the stiect. "Hallo, (Vupon, what's the matter?" ! said the other. "Matter" said Coupon, puffing with I heat and anger, why one of those darn 1 new-b iv> a?ked me tho time, and when I I told him two o'clock, the impudent young ■ scoundrel said I might scil out tor soap grease at three.' ! "Don't he in such a hurry," was tiie i malicious response, "it's only five minutes past two ; vou've got fifty-five minutes to l do it. in." "A GAL BARY AT THAT."—To desire a change of sex is not commonly considered a manlv aspiration; to weep about it seems ludicrous. Vet the thing lias been done, and on the tent'-d field. In the very fiercest of the battle at Malvern Hill, General Lee encoui tered a tall Shonny Bcb in full retreat, aud blubbering tcar -1 fully. He stopped him and shamed him ; ; but the fellow

*r hands, and 1 leaning over the railing Sobbed bitterly, ex : claiming in broken acc nts, "I-I-I don't want to sleep with Judge Griffin; he-he ( he's a Coppeahead." There's no discount on that girl's "loyalty." 173 ED TO'KM. —A Itdy who ha'l not been ' favored with the most harmonious voice, would, nevertheless, attempt to sing, A j gentleman, one of the company, said to another: "What do you call that ?" "The 1 Tempest, I think," on which a seafaring gentleman exclaim: d: "Don't he alarmed— it is no tempest; it is merely a squall, and j will soon be over," TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance. Piseaitl) jftberfoise. If Adam had asked Eve to let him kiss her could the latter, without profanity, have re plied, "I don't care A-dain if you dt? ?" "Sambo, does yoti know why de Radicals is like dese tings all tru de woods, not/f ?" "No, Pete, I gib it up." "Well, it is 'cause dey's 10-cusses." "Y ah, yah, yah, —dat am a fax, Pete ; and dey don't lib inere'n forty day after dey gita to dar wust nudder." "Why, isn't my shirt clean ?" quoth one Bohemian to another. "Well, yes," was the answer : "It? clean for brown, but tt'f awful dirty for white." " Pon't care much about the bugs," said Mr. S'.vink, "but the truth is, I've not got the blood to spare." SCENE IN A HOTEL— Stranger—"Have-you a good, strong porter about the house ?" Clerk—"Yes, we have the strongest one in the place." S "I< he Intelligent 7 ' C.—"Oh ! yes, sir, quite intelligent for a porter, we think." S.—"One point more : do you consider him fearless—that is, bold and courageous ?'' C.—"As for that matter, I know he is ; he would not be afraid of the devil himself." S.—"Now, Mr, Clerk, if.your porter is in telligent enough to find room No. 117, fear less enough to enter, and strong encugrt to get tny trunk away from the bed bugs, I would like to have him bring it down." A Y'ankee youth and a pretty girl sat facing each other at a husking party. The youth, smitten with the charms of the maid en, only ventured a sly look, and now and and then touch Patty's feet under the table. The girl, determined to make the youth ex press what he so strongly felt, bore with these advances a little while in silence, when she cried out. "Look here ! if voo love mo say so, but don't dirty my stockings." Punch says, "Women ar3 said to have stronger attachments than men. It is evinc ed in little things. A man is often attached to an old hat ; but did you ever know of a woman having an attachment to an old bon net Echo answers "Never." Why is a married mad like a candle ? Be cause he sometimes goes out at night when he ought not to. An editor describing a church in Minne sota savs : "No velvet cushion in the petfs , we don't go in for styles. The fatest person has the softest seat, and takes it out with him at the close of the services." BEGINNING TO BELlEVE —"Bubbles," o( the California GOLDEN ERA, says i I begin to believe, now*a days, that money makes the man, and dress the gentleman. I begin to believe that those who sin the most during the week are the most devout upon Sunday. I begin to believe that honesty is the best policy—to speculate with until you have gained everybody's confidence, then lino your pcckets, I begin to believe in humbugging people out of their dollars. It is neither stealing nor begging, and those who are humbugged have themselves to blame. I begin to believe that a man was not made to enjoy life, but to keep himself miserable in the pursuit and possession of riches. I begin to believe that the surest remedy for hard times and a tight money market is an extravagant expenditure on the part of the individual—to keep money moving. I begin to believe that a pianoforte is more necessary in a family than bread and meat. ZOOLOGICAL. — Wh>ch animal is never old 7 The gnoo. Which is costly ? The deer. Which is a good boatman ? The Roe buck. Which is often elected to office ? The mare. If'hich makes a good light ? The tapir. Which is a ku.ed noosenco and tackles you every\vhare ? The boar. Which beast is most used by cooks ? The spider. Which dogs is the Pope ov Rome fond ov 1 "Bull" dogs. Which dogs alius goes in pairs ? Spaniels. Which dogs duz printers' like best'? The setter, If'hich is the roo6t unbending dog 1 The mastiff, If'hich dog wood yoo recommended hair dye tu ? The gray-hound. Which reptile wood drivers prefer ? The whip snake. Which wood bojs and gurls Tether hev ? The hoop snake. Which is best for watchmen ? The rattle snake. Which does Indians most have Use ov ? The moccasin snake. Which is best for skool children ? The adder. ! Seymour and IWair, the people's favorite!.- NO, 6.