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Liherul terms make with 1 eiuiantTit adverliscts. EXECI'rORS, ADMINISTRATORS nndAUDl f'>K - NOTICES, of the usual length, 82,50 Oltm; VRTK^,-exi-eeiling ten li.nrs, each ; RELI ) TOl'S ml LITERARY NOTICES, pot of general Merest, one half tnc regular rates. A ivOrtiseinnts must he tinn is 1 in he TUE - IV Noy.v to insure insertion the same week. AOI >Voltk • !lk;n ls neatly executed nn ' at prices to suit the times. All TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS and JOB V"RK i. ust ho paid for, when ordered Hit sia ess 5o t i ces. I 1! 5 .v>s i fi-Mi:. ATTORNEYS. office li :i W.-rn-n Street Tunkhuntiook Pa. \V. K. I.ITTLE. J. A. SITTSKK. ' j < fOOPKR. PHYSICIAN A SCXOEOV ' t. Nouto'D Centre,LuxerneCounty Pa. i , 1., I'ARKIMI. ATTORNEY AT LAW. 1 '• ( ti, eat the Court IL n.-e, in Tunkhaunck ii y ming Co. Pa. I > I'iA I I . Ai tiiKN i i At LAW Of vi fiee in f-tark's lirick Block Tioga St., Tuck . -J ( ilttAb, ATTORNEY AXDCorXNLL -4 v L"it AT LAW, Nieholsoti, Vlyouiing Co-, Pa Es'ecial u'.teatian given to settlement of de>e •iiiii - estate* litfmi, Pa. Dec. 5. 18fi7 -v7.i!9y 1 IT J. H'lLMOi, ATTOiNFY AT LAW, Col ~i . i4cti:igan l It--.il Estate Agent. lowa Lands j f r sale. Si rantoa, Pa. 3Stf. , 8 rKKIIOI T A DEWITT. Attorneys' at Law— V. ' Office, opposite the Uatik, Tunkhamm k. Pa. 1' M. OsTKHiIOUT. (i. B, DEWITT i t VV. IUIOADS, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, j J . will atteu-1 ptomptijr to all calls in his pro fes-i- n." May he found at his Office at the Drug -I. re. or at ins residence on Putiuan Sreet, funuerly uccu|>ied hy A. K. Peckham Esq. Prof. J. Berlinghof. I iaatoonabU Barbrr fc ijair-tuiter,, AT TUNKHANNOCK, PA. HAIlt Wmen, and Braided, fir Switches.for Curled, ! a , Waterfalls of every ize and style, uianu'aetur- ( ! e !.:_-hes! market prices paid for belies Hair, | A.I the a. ptoted km Is of Hair Rest rers and: bies-i: g court.intly kept on band and >!d at Man- i i:'i turers ret i.l prices, li iir er, I Whiskers colored to every natural . JACOB BERLIXGHOF. iunk, Pi Jiin. 5, '69—v9ii2i'tt. • PACIFIC HOTEL,"" | 170, 172, 174 A 176 Greenwich Street •ONE !> >•>!{. ABOVECOBTLASDT STREET, NEW YORK.) The .m-H-rsigned takes pleasure in annonnclnir to ) : - ntu:!- - -us frienils and patrons that from this j the charge of the Pacific will he $2.50 PER DAY. Rcinit - >le Proprietor of this house and therefore '..-••s troin the too common exaction of an Inordinate n r. he is tally able to meet the downward tenden cy "! prices without any falling oft of service. i* will now. as heretofoie, lie his aim to maintain un limi-hed the favorable reputation of the Pacific, * d -ii It has enjoyed for many years, as one of the be-: if travelers' hotels. THE I ABLE will tie bountifully supplied with every delicacy of tlie season. Til K ATTENDANCE will I>e found efficient and AM obliging. IHE I.tti'ATION will he found convenient for ' - • whose business calls them In the lower part of the city, and of ready access to all Rail Road and Steamboat Lines. JOHN PATTEN. ' < let 10th 1868. nlB-6ui. HUFFQRD IIOUSK. TUNKHANNOCK. WYOMING CO., PA r PIIIS ESTABLISHMENT HAS RECENTLY I I een refitted and lurnished in the latest style. T.cry attention will he given to the comfort and f 'li'.eni' ti -e of those who patronize the House. 11, JirFFORD Proprietor, 'isnnoek. P.i., June 17, 1 3 S8—v7r. II BOLTON HOUSE. llAKltlSHl'ftG, PIA'NA. The undersigned having lately purchased the id'EIII.ER HOI'SE " property, has already com : ed such alterations and iaiprovements as will r a . r this old and popular House equal, if not rupe r to r.ny Hotel in the City of Harrishurg. \ • ntinnance • f the puMie patronage is ref;ect fally solicited. fJEO. J. BOLTON WALL'S HOTEL, T.ATE AMERICAN IIOUSE, '' MvHAMNOf K, WYOMING CO.. PA. rlil - establishment has recently been refitted an furnished the latest style Every attention ! he ;*i ••en to the comfort and convenience of those *ho patronize the !loue. T. B- WALL, Owner and Proprietor.. _Ttt!.khannock, September 11. 1861. MEANS' HOTEL. TOWANOA. A. v>. B- BAKTUET, LATE D I "ADAIX VRO HOUSE, KLMIRA, N Y PKOPHI K TOR. The MEANS HOTEL, i-one of tne LARGEST 'V ! BEST ARRANGED House* in the country-It 14 i-'ted op in the most modern and improved style ,n ' '"I pains are spared to make it a pleasant and •vrseable sioufiiiig pwee foT M r'dr,2l-fy. The new Broom still new! AXD WITH TIIE NEW YEAR, i Will be uscl with more siceepiner effect than hereto fure,by large aj litions from time to time, of Choieo unn Jccirable GOODS, at tho New Store OF C DETRICK, tn S. St-irk'g Brijk Block Af TUNKHANNOCK, PEI'A. j Where can be "bund, at all times, one of tho Largest and Richest aioortmenti ever offered in thia vicinity, Conaiating of * BLACK AND FANCY COL'KD DRESS SILKS, FRENCH, ENGLISH and AMERICAN MERINOS, EM Pit ESS AND PRINCESS CLOTH*. POPLINS. SERGES, and PARE.M ETTOS BLACK LI'S HE AND COLORED ALPACCAS WOOL, ARMIRE PKKIN AND MO I SELIEU DELAINS, INPORTED AND DOMESTIC GINGHAMS, PRINTS of Best Mai.ufacturos, .<>. Ladies Cloths and Saequeings, ! FURS, SIIAWLS, FANCY WOOLEN GOODS, A.C.. LADIES RETICULES, I SHOITING BAGS and BASKEIS. TRUNKS. VALISES, and TRAVELING | BAGS, . j ! Hosiery and Gloves, Ladies' Vests, White • Goods, and Yamkee notions in endless va riety. ' J1 OOP SKIRTS k CORSETTS, direct from the manufacturers, at greatly i reduced prices FLANNELS all Colors and Qualities. KNIT GOODS, ; Cloths, ('assitnercs, Vestings, rP l 1 Lottonades, Sheetings, Shirlitig-i, Drills, Denims, j Ticks, Stripes, Ac. Every Description of BOOTS & SHOES, IIATS & CAPS. Paper Hangings. Window Shades, Cur tains, Curtain Fixtures, Carpets, Oil- Cloths, Crockery. Glass and Stoneware. Tinware, Made expressly for this trade, and war tauted to give Satisfaction, at 20 per cent, eheaper than the rate9 in this section. HARDWARE & CUTLERY, of al kinds, SILVER PLATED WARE, | Paints, Oils, and Painters Materials, Putty, Window Glass, Ac. __ KEROSENE 'OIL, Chandeliers, Lamps, Lanterns, Lantern Glares, Lamp Chimneys, Shades and Curuers. OO^LXj* ASIITON, A MIL. SALT • FLOUR. FEED, MEAL. BUTTER, CHEESE, LARD, PORK. HAMS, and FISH. SUGAR, TEA, COFFEE SPICES, SYRUP, A MOLASSES, ! WOOD fc WILLOW WARE, ROPDS, CORDAGE, j PATENT MEDICINES. DRUGS, and DYES, j 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, I shall i endeayor hy strict attention to my ; business, to merit a continuance of | the same, and will try to make the . future still more attractive and ben- ' eficial to customers. (Y DETRICK. | TONKHANNOCK WYOMING CO., PA.-WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 1869. IflftflJ. THE SKATER. When winter days are grim and cold, And beards with frost turn gray and old, Who braves the wind so cold, And tries "on ice" his way to hold I The Skater. Who buckles tight with care each strap, To guard against the sail mishap Of falling down and getting a rap On the empty skull inside his cap! The Skater. Who tries to "get up," but tumbles down, Just when he is "doing the thing up brown," And smashes his note and cracks his crown. And gets himself laughed at by half the town? The Skater. W'ho tries to set up. while his head goes round, And he sees stars all over the ground, While his ears are ringing a thundering sound, Like a million hammers that pound and pound? The Skater. Who sees the girl snicker he had hoped to win, While the boys pretend pity and try not to grin. And asks If he's hurt him without or within, And tell him to "get up and trv It again P' The Skater. Who slides on a spot where the ice is thin, And It cracks and breaks, and lets him In, And he scrambles out wet clear to the skin, With a bloody nose and a broken chin 1 . The Skater. Who scrambles home to his mother's door, With his hat all smashed and his trousers tore, And covered with mud behind and before, And ruined forever the suit he wore, And every bone in his body sore, And winter pinching at every pore, Disgusted and sad to the very core, And throws his skates down across the floor, And vows he "won't wear skates no more ?" The Skater. THE POOR RELATION'S GIFT. BY KTIIEI. LYNft. On clouds softly flying A sum beam was lying, • In the clear, fragrant ether of May; Hut jieeplng in wonder, To see the earth under, He slipped, and went glancing away. No word did he utter, But straight through a shutter, By the Shadow but faintly resisted, He danced in delight, T.lke a urbulent wight, Till his rays were all broken and twisted. About, every side Lay gifts for a bride, Silver melted, tormented and riven, Till the gnome of the mine, In its bravery fine, Would know not the thing he had given. Soft mist-woven laces, Mosaics and vases. Pictures, jewels, a fortune each one ; Statuette, pale and cold, Cunning meshes of gold. All laughed in the light of the sun. A tnet-k poor relation, In some trepidation, Sent a Bible, with love and her prayers ; On a table It laid, Quite alone in the shade, Not a home among glittering wares. Sun-Beam kept his way O'er the gorgeous array, Shining metal and jewel* so bright; Yet sadly he turned, As the sun lower burned, And faced him towards fast coming night. "No token find I, Worth a child of the sky, No home where at last I may sleep ; No heart comfort here For the fast-falling tear, When the bride sorrow's vigil shall keep." In the gathering gloom Of the gift-crowded room, Seeking peace, Sun-Beam found it at last ;• For lo ! the Old Story Lay basking in glory, Till the life of the Sun-Beam had passed **** But twelve moons had died, When the gay, girlish bride, Holding Sorrow close-claped by the hand, Came meekly to know How a sinner might go On the way to a heavenly land. Then lucid and bright Shone out the lost light, On tho way leading up to salvation, While a soft echo fell. Like a heavenly spell— 'Twas the prayer of the bride's poor relation. This is the way a French paper chroni cles an accident. : "On Saturday, an acci dent which wight have been attended with sad results took place in this city (Paris.) A bricklayer, having lost his balance, fell from the sixth story of a house to the street. Fortunately, two women who were chat ting on the sidewalk received the falling man on their heads and broke his fall.— The bricklayer was taken up safe and sound. Tho bystanders shuddered to think that but for a lucky chance the accident would have cost him his life. The two women were in stantly killed." QrjY" An old man having generously divi ded his money among his heirs, and being afterwards treated like a dog by them, got an old chest and kept it constantly locked, giving out that he had yet a considerable amount of money laid away. The conse quence was, that the heirs changed their tactics and each tried his best to use him welL After his death, the chest was open ed and contained only an old mallet, and a slip of paper, on which was written the following lines: "Whoever divides his money before ee's dead, Take tliis mallet and knock him on the head. • jtay Quarrels would never last long if fbe funk were pn TOP ship " To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. " A STRANGE INHERITANCE, A ROMANTIC FRENCH STORY. "Is she dead then ?" "Yes, madam," replied the gentleman in brown coat and short breeches. "And her will ?" "Is going to be opened here immediately by her solicitor." "Shall we inherit anything ? " 'lt must lie supposed so ; we have a •laim." "Who is the miserable dressed personage who intrudes herself there ? " "Oh, she," said the little man, sneering ly, "she won't have much in the will. She is a sister to the deceased." "What, that Annie, who wedded a man of nothing, an officer ? " "Precisely so." "She must have no small amount of im pudence to present herself here before a re sjiectable family," ' 'Tlie more so, as sister Egerie, of noble birth, has never forgiven her that messalli- 1 ance." Annie moved at this time across the room in which the family of the deceased were assembled. She was pale ; her fine black eyes were filled with precocious wrinkles. ' 'What do you come here for ? " said with great haughtiness, Madame de Villeboys, the lady who, a moment before, had oeeu interrogating the little man who had.inher ited with her. "Madame," the poor lady replied, with humanity, "I do not come here to claim a part of what does not belong to me ; lam come solely to see M. Dubois, my sister's solicitor, to inquire if she spoke of me in her last hours." "What! do you think people busy them selves about you ?" arrogantly observed Madame de Villeboys ; "the disgrace of a great house —you wedded a matx of noth ing, a soldier of Bonaparte's "Madame, my husband, though a child of the people, was a brave man, and what is better, an honest man," observed An nie. At this moment a venerable looking per sonage, the notary Dubois, made his ap }>earanee. ."Cease," said he, "to approach Aunie with a union which her sister lets long for given Iter. Annie loved a brave, generous and good man, who had no other crime to reproach himself with than poverty, and the obscurity of his name. Nevertheless, had he lived, if his family had known him as well as I knew liim —I, his old friend— Annie would be at this time liappy and re spected. " "But why is this woman here." "Because it is her place to be here," re plied the notary gravely, "I myself re quested her to attend." M. Dubois then proceeded to open the will. * "I, being sound in mind and heart, Ege rie de Damening, retired as a boarder in the Convent of the Sacred Heart of Jesns, dictate the following wishes as the expres sion of my formal desire and principal clause of my testament: "After my deeease there will be found two hundred thousand francs in money at my notary's, besides jewelry, clothes and furniture, and also a chateau worth two hundred thousand francs. "In the convent, where I have been re siding, there will only be found my book, HE™ DE LA VIERGE, a holy volume, which remains as it was when I took it with me at the time of the emigration. "I desire that these objects lie divided into three lots. "The first lot, the two hundred thousand francs. "The second lot, the chateau, furniture and jewels. "The third lot, my book, HEURS DE LA VIERGE. "I have pardoned my sister Annie the grief she has caused us, and I would have comforted her in her sorrows if I had but known sooner of her return to France. I compensate her in my will. "Madame de Villeboys. my beloved cous in, shall have the first choice." "M. Vatry, *my brother-in-law, shall have the second choice. "Annie will take the remaining lot." "Ah !ah !" said Vatry, "sister Egerie was a good one ; that was rather clever on her part." "Annie will only have the prayer book," exclaimed Madame deVilleboys, laughing. The notary interrupted her jocularly. "Madame," said he, "what lot do you choose V' "The tHo hundred thousand francs in money." "Have you fully made up your mind ? " "Perfectly so." The man of law addressing himself to the good feelings of the lady, said : "Ma dam yon are rich, and Annie has nothing. Couldn't you leave this lot and take the book of prayers, which the eccentricity of the deceased has placed on a par "with the other lots ? " "You must be joking, M. Dubois," ex claimed Madame de Villeboys ; "you must be very dull not to sec the intention of sis ter Egerie in all thia. Our honored cousin ftawrwfdfl wfffito*lr prayers would fall to the lot of Annie who has the last choice." "Aud what do you conclude from that ? " said the notary. "I conclude that she intends to intimate to her sister that repentance and prayer was the only help she had to expect in this world." As she finished these words, Madame de Villeboys made a definite selection of the ready money for her share. Monsieur Va try, as may lie easily imagined, selected the chateau, furniture and jewels as his lot. "Monsieur Vatry," said M. Dubois to that gentleman, "even suppose it had been the intention of the deceased to punish her sister, it would be noble on your part, mil lionaire as you ace, to give at least a por tion of yours to Annie, who wants it so much." ' 'Thanks for your advice, dear sir*" re plied Vatry, "the mansion is situated on the very confines of the woods, and suits me admirably, all the more so that it is ready furnished. As to the jewels of sister Ege rie, they are reminiscences which I ought never to part with/' "Since it is so," said the notary, "my poor Madame Annie, here's a prayer-book that remains to you." Annie, attended by her son, u handsome boy, with blue eyes, took her sister's old prayer book, and making her son kiss it after her, said: "Hector, kiss this book which belonged to your Aunt, who is dead, but who would have loved you well, had she known you. When you have learned to read you w ill pray to Heaven to make you wise and good and happier than your unfortunate moth er." The eyes of those who were present were filled with tears, notwithstanding their efforts to preserve a feeling of indifference. The child embraced the old pray"* book with boyish fervor, and opened it, ex claimiug : "Oh! mamma, look what pretty jic tures." "Indeed!" said the mother, happy in the gladness of her boy. "Yes. The good Virgin in a red dress, holding the infant in her arms, But why, mamma has silk paper been put upon the pictures. "So that they may not be injured my dear." "But, mamma, why there are ten silk pa pers to each engraving ? " The mother looked, and uttering a sud den shriek, she fell into the arms of M. Dubois, the notary, who, addressing those present, said : "Leave her alone; it won't be much.— People don't die of these shoeks. As for you, little one," addressing Hector, "give me the prayer ltook, you'll tear the en gravings. " The inheritors withdrew, making various conjectures as to the cause of Annie's sud den illness, and the interest which the no tary took in her. A month afterwards they met Annie and her son, exceedingly well but not extravagantly dressed, ticking an airing in a two horse chariot. This led them to make inquiries, and they learned that Madame Annie had recently pur chased a mansion for one hundred thous and francs, and was giving a firstrate edu cation to her son. Tlie news came like a thunderbolt upon them. Madame de Villeboys aud M. Va try hastened to the notary for explanation. The good Dubois was working at liis desk. "Perhaps we are disturbing you," said the arrogant Lady. "No matter ; I was in the act of setting a purchase in the state fund for Madame Annie." "What! after purchasing a house and equipage, has she still money to invest ? " Undoubtedly so." "But where did the money come from ?" "What ! did you not see ? " "When ? " "When she shrieked on seeing what the prayer book contained which she iuheri ted ? " " iYe observed nothing." "Oh ! I thought you saw it," said the sarcastic notary. "That prayer book con tained sixty eugravings, and each engrav ing was covered by teu notes of a thousand francs each." "Good Heavens 1" exclaimed Vatry, thunderstruck. • "H I liad only known it 1" shouted Ma dame deVilleboys. "You had your choice," added the nota ry ; "I myself urged you to take the book but you refused." "But who could expect to find a fortune in a breviary." The two baffled egotists withdrew, their hearts swolleu with passionate envy. Madame Annie is still in Paris. If you pass by the Rue Lafitte off a fine summer evening, you will see a charming picture on the first floor, illuminated by the reflec tion of wax lights. A Lid}' has joined the two hands of her §Oll, a fair child of six years of age, iu the attitude of prayer, before an old book of HECKS DE LA VIERGE, and for which a case of gold has been made. "Pray for me," said tlie mother. "And for what else?" inquired the child. "For vour father, your dear father, who perisheJ without knowing you, without be ing able to love you. "Must I pray" to tho saints, my moth er ?" "Yes, my child, and do not forget a saint who watches from Heaven, and smiles upon us from, above the clouds. "What is the name of the saint, ma ma ? " Tlie mother then, watering the child's head with her tears, answered: "Her ntfrne Is !" CUSTER'S INDIAN CAPTIVES. Conduct of the Squaws—Demeanor of the Wounded—Passion for Hard Tack. (Field Correspondence of New York Herald.) During the first few days of the captivity of the squaws of Black Kettle's baud of (Jheyennes there was considerable anxiety felt by them. They all expected they were to be killed in retaliation of the atrocities committed by their band. At first the wounded ones refused to go to the hospi tal, fearing they were the first singled on! for vengeance. The soldiers talking to each other not in tones the most gentle and eu phonious, and in a language they did not understand, they construed it into a con troversy as to when and how they were to be disposed of. In constant dread of what disposition was to lie made of them, sever al of the squaws visited General Sheridan's interpreter, Mr. Curtis, 'and asked him whether they were to be killed. When as sured that the white man did not kill wo men and children for what the warriors did, they felt materially Relieved. Since then the wounded squaws have appeared more lively and exliibit an unusual feeling of gratitude for the kind treatment they have been receiving. This feeling they manifest by shaking hands with the sur geon whenever he visits them. The most remarkable instances of fortitude are ex hibited in the cases of the wounded Indian children. The desperation of the lighting at the battle of the Washita on the part of the savage may lie judged from the fact that no male prisoners were taken over eight years old, the rest taking up arms and joiu ing in the light. There are now in the la. - jiital several very your." boys and girls bad ly wound*"' but f"im in., A single one of them has come the slightest audible indica tion of their suffering ; yet the expression of their faces, the wild glance of their eyes, betray that U. "y do not suffer. During such painful operations as probing and cleaning out their wounds, placing the thumb on one temple and stretching the hand across the forehead, fixing the second finger on the temple opposite, they close their eyes and patiently submit to such operations as the teaching of surgery re quire. One, little girl about six years of age, has a bullet hole through her body, on tho left side, and yet she sits up and makes no complaints. All the wounded squaws and children rode in on their. ponies, re fusing to have anything to do with ambu lances. Another singular feature in the wounded is the peculiarly offensive odor the sloughing wounds. The well squaws are still emcamped with the cavalry, and seem to be contented with their lot. The male children amuse them selves throwing reeds, as if they were spears, at different objects, thus displaying the cul tivation of their expanding merit as future warriors. Among the trophies brought in was a handsome lodge, which ltelongs to General Cnstar. To-day this was unloaded from the wagon, and having sent for several squaws, the general had the lodge put up in true Indian style. This is part of the duties of the squaws, and in a very few minutes they displayed their proficiency to an extent which surprised every one. The lodge is of skins, aud perfectly white. It is not at all surprising that the loss of their lodges is looked upon by the savages as so great a calamity. The number of skins, the proper tanning of them, fitted and stitching them together, constitute evident ly a labor and expense of considerable mag nitude. Iu setting up a lodge the squaws get around the lodge with poles in their hands : these they lock at the upper ex tremities and set them in position forming the skeleton of the lodge. The lodge skin, one end attached to a pole, is liud in an up right position against the poles already up : the skin is then unrolled and wrapped around the outside over tlie lodge poles. The ends are then fastened with throngs, leaving an aperture about three feet high for an entrance," and at the • top for the egress of smoke. Tlie captives, sick or well, have not lost appetite or flesh nce in our hands. Their capacities for stowing away food are truly amazing. Hard tack to them is a great luxury, and old and young, sick and well, devour it with all the relish of the choicest and richest cake. fellow who came by the railroad, being a stranger, strolled about for some time on the outskirts of a town in search of a barber. He finally discovered one and requested tlie operator to take off a shil ling's worth of liair. The barber trimmed his locks very neatly, soaped up the re mainder very handsomely, and then comb ed and brushed him up till his head looked as if it belonged to some other person than himself. "Are you done ?" asked the stranger, as the barber removed the nap kin from his neck. "Yes, sir," said the barber, with a low bow. "Are you certain that you took a shilling's worth ?" "Yes, sir ; there's a glass ; you can look for your self." "Well," said tlie stranger, "if you think you have "taken a shilling's worth off. I don't know as I have got any change, so you may just take the hair for your trouble.' On hearing this, the barber made a jump for the man, whereupon the man made a jump for the doer, which not being bolted, he beflted himself. TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance NO. 26. How Gen. Irwin was Defeated. It is currently rumored at Harrisburg that the defeat of Gen. Erwin for State Treasurer was aided by certain banks, which had not heretofore been favored with deposits of moneys belonging to the State. Tt seems they were willing to pay liberally for thepurpo.se of effecting a change, and the generally received opinion at the State Capitol is that certain institutions combined to raise the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars to buy the votes of purchasable Rad ieal members for the festive Bob Mackey. The law regulating the office of Stat# Tresurer is radically wrong. He is paid a moderate salary, but is allowed to deposit the revenues of the Stafe in such banks as he may select, the banks being willing to pay a liberel rate of interest for the use of the large sums thus placed at their com mand. As things are now managed the av erage afhount at the command of the State Treasurer foots up to millions of dollars. The result lias been that Mr. Kemble and other State Treasurers have amassed very large fortunes. The proper way to do, would be to re quire the publie moneys of the State to be applied to payment of the debt at short in tervals, instead of allowing vast sums to ao- I cumulate and be used for the purpose of enriching the State Treasurer. The oust ing of Gen. Irwin by a combination of the Cameron faction with certain banks, which expect to handle the State funds, is only another instance of the widespread corrup tion which prevails in this Stat* under Radical rule.— L monster Intellif/ericer. A G \NO or HOUSE THIEVES FEEBETED Urx.—Some tini" ago. Bully Lyon, of Reading, detective, gained some impor .uit information in reference.to a gang oi horse thcives, who wc re committing their depredations in various parts of the State. He went quietly to work, and at last suc ceeded in tracing them to their headquar ters. at a place called Hell's Gate, in Lu zerne county. On proceeding there Mr. Lyon found portion of a double team, be longing to Mr. Tobias Wormau, (father-in law of ('apt. I'. C. Iluber, formerly of this city,) of Riegelsville, Bucks county, which were stolen in the mouth of September last. On the lirst trip made by the Detective, he succeeded in arresting three of the gang, and on Monday of last week arrested one at Bridgeport, N. J., and another residentln Bethleh m—Jacob Roth, a brother of Mr. George Roth, of I'riedensville. Roth's premises w ere examined, but no stolen ar ticles could be identified. He was however taken to Dovle-town, where he was given a hearing 1 a fore Justice Pugh, who held liim in §3OOO bail to answer at February term of Court, on strength of the Detective alleging to have evidence which connects him with a gang of horse rie-ives and other maraud ers. One of Mr W- >rman's horses aud the conveyance were recovered at Hell Gate, near Hazelton, Luzerne county, and infor mation there obtained of the whereabout* of the other herse. — Allentoirn ]>