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VOLUME 26.
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KSTAHLlSIIi:i AS A UlUX'dlU'KOM tfUACKKHY.
The Only Place tvlmc a Cmc can be
ObtuincJ,
DH." JOHNSTON has discovered the tnoit Curtain,
r-poctly anil only LU'ictuut lleinmly in tlio World
fur all prltntn IJmciisi's, Weakness of thii Hack tir
-Lluilisbtriiture-i, AlleLtions of tliu ICiilnevs and III ml -dor,
Involuntary Discharges, Impotent)-, llineral Ue
duty. Nervousness, llyspepsy, l.iiti rrtiur, Low Spirits
Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of tliu I1i;art, Tiinlility.
Tmmblines, Uiuincss of riijht or Ulddincss, Disease nf
tliu Head, Throat. Nose or t-K i ti , Affections of the l.iver
Lulirs, Stomach or llowrls lliosu terrible Disorders
lulling fruui iho Solitary Habits of Vonili those jlcukt
and solitary practices more fatal to their victims than
tin ions ot Syrens tn tli'i Marines of 1'lysses, Idiifhl
ing their must lirilliant hopes or antiiiujtiuin, render
lug marriage, &c. impossible.
V O U N t) Jt U N
Kipeelnlly. h" have hecouie the vlitinn of Solitary
-ti.. .(..... i ...... iriil mid ilefttriiLtii'L. halm v, liith nnnii.
nily sweeps to all untimely (.'rave thousand., of Yiuing I
M...1 ..r in., most exalted talents and brilliant intellect,
who might otherwise hare entrancd listeulne. Senates
with tliu thunders uf elo'iueiico ui waked to ec.las) tlu
living lyre, may call with full confidence.
M A U It I A (i 13.
Married persons, nr Vuniu: Mmi contemplaliiii mar
riage.beinir u are of physical weakness, organic dcilnli
ty, deformities, fee., speedily cureil.
He who plarcs hiinsell under the care of Dr. John. ton,
liny religiously iniilldo in Ills honor as a gentlemen, and
cvuud.utly rely upon Ins skill as a physician.
o it o a n i (' w i: a k x i: s 11
Immediately cured and full visor restored.
This distressing Miction--which renders life s-
crablo and marriage impossilili is the penally p.nJ by
the victims of improper indulgences. "uug per
...nun! too ant to eoiniiiit ece Irom not being
awar. of the dreadful coue'uenc.i that may en-ue, '
Now, who that iiudertands tin' ulijeit mil pro
loud to dun, that the power of procreuti s loit sooner I
by those falling into iinpropei habits than b the prudent. .
USOJOH li'ing ui'pnv.'u .'i in-. (..-. i
surlugs, the mot serious and ili'stimtiw syniptonn to
huth body and mind arise. The s)lem beeoines derang
ed : the physical an 1 mental lunction w eakeucd, ios
..f .,porr,.!.iiei. nun rr. nervous irnt.ibililv. llysi"P'ia
paliuiaiiou hi me iir.ni. i'im's-; .
liility, a w.i'ting of the Irnme, Cough, tonsuinpliuu,
decay and death. I
ocf'lm;. No. ; south ntr.ii".i:icK stiikkt
Lift baud side going from .'Jaltiinore street, a r.'w doors
from the corner. Kail not tonbsen e name and number. I
Letters umt bu p ml and contain a laulp. 'J'he Doc- .
tor's Diplomas hang in his oilko. I
AOOll I'. V A It II A l' li D IN' T W O DAYS
U SUKCl'KV oil MAUSHIUS IlRVUS.
llt. .IUH.V.HV.V I
Member of the ltoial full .go of Surgeon London, i
Oraduate from one ot ti iuol ciuineut t.'olleges of the
United Stales, and the greater part of who-e lif" has I
basn spent in th.-first Hospitals of London. 1'aru, I'lul-i- i
dclplii.iaud elsewhere, h.n eifeited some nf the most us I
toiiijhing cures lh.it were ever known ; many troubled
wjtll ringing in the head and ears wh'ii a-kep, great
uorvousuess. being alarmed al sud.lcu souiuN, ami b i-li-fulness,
i nil fn-uenl blihnig, atteii.k.l muu. limes w llli
derangement of iiilinl. were cured iunuediali ly j
T.im: 1-A II T I C U I. A 11 NO TILT..
Dr. J. addreiises all those who have Injured theni-elves '
by improper indulgence ami solitary habits, which m-
fin both body and niiu.l, limiting them lor either bui-.
iiuss, nudy, socictv or marriage. ,..,.
These are some of tlm sad and mi lanrhnly eliei ts pro. )
duced by earh liabils of nuili. 11.. eaknes. of Iho
Hack and l.iuibs, I'.iiii in th.i Head, Diniue.s of Sight,
I,6"s of Mu.cul.ir Tower, Palpitation of the II. ait. H s
nepsia, Nervous Irralaldlliy. Dernugi'iu.-nt of the Diges I
lire Functions, (Jjuci.il Dcbilitj, sjiupluuisof Lousump. j
''""uJNTAI.I.V. The fearful cll'ects oil the iiinid aru '
much to bMilreadeil, LossofMcmory.fonfusiou of Ideas I
Depression of the Spirits, L'ul I'orebodlngs, Avi'rsiou .
toSoriet. self-.lisirust, love of solitude, Tiniily, &c,
uru somu of tliu evils produced.
Thousands of pi rsons of all ages ran now judge what
is the cause of tin ir declining health. Loosing tin ir i
vigor, becoming weak, pale and emaci ued, baling mil- '
gulnr uppearanc uboal the e, cs, cough and sj inpluins ot
Consumption. y Q s
''''Who have injured thinselves by a certain praitlru '
Indulged in when alone ab.ibit fretpientl) learned from
evil companions, or ut school - tl It'i els of vilnih am
nightly tclt, even when asleep, and il not cured renders
marriage nnpoisildc. mid destrojs both uuud and bod),
should appi) imiiudiateiy.
What a nitty that a) oilug num. the hope of his rountry ,
jind the darling of Ins parents, should be snatihed troiu
Jill prospeit. and enjo) uieiits of life, by the cnhfe.pien
tat of deviating from the path of nature, and Indulging ,
in u certain secret habit. Suili persons MVirbelore ,
coiiteniplaling I
. ' MA U U I A l'
roflccl tint a sound uuud mid bod) arc the inot ut
tessary re'pnuti.'s to promrte connubial happines ,
Indeed, without thesj th journey through life becomes
n weary pilgrimage, the prospect hourly darkens to i
tliu view; the mind becomes shadowed Willi despair &. j
tilled with the uu Ianch"ly reller.tioii that Hie li.ippinues
f another btcome. blighted with our nun,
d i s i: a s i: or 1 m p ii u d i: N f i:.
When the ml. guided and Imprudent votary of pleasure
duds hi h is imbibed the seeds of this painful disease, it
too often happens that an ill timed seus.i o rh.iniu or I
dread of di.covery, tit tern him from applying to thosu ;
who from education and respei lability can alone befriend
linn, dela)iug till th.' coiistitutiou.il symptoms tiffins
horrid disease makes their. -ippearance, sudi as ulteratet ,
orethroit, tllea.-d nose, iioi turual, pains in thuheatr
una lh.,1,. ,ii,,i,i,.ks oi'si.'ht. iluafness. nodes mi the shin i
bonii, ami arms, blotches on tho head, face uud extreme
li.s, progressing with rapidity, till ut l.it the palalu of
tho mouth uud bones of tliu nose fall in. anil the victim ol
this desease becomes .1 horrid object of conimifser.ition
rtill death puts a period to Ins dreadful sull'erings, by pen
ding lit in to" "that bourne from whence nu traveler ro
(turns," It is a mtlantholy fact that thou. anils fall victims to
ithif terrible disease, owing to the iinskilllulluess ut ig
norant pretenders, who, by the use of that Deadly I'm
,ion, Mercury, rum the constitution and make the resi
jduu of life miserable.
H T II A N (i II K B
Trust not ) our lives, or health, to the care of the inn-.
my Unlearned uud Worthless Pretenders, destitutu ot
!)uowleilg, iiauio or iharucti;r,whocopy Dr. Joniistoii a
Klvcrtlsemeuls, or .tyle theinselves, m the newspapers,
ucgularly IMncated Physiuaiis incapable of f iirlng.tliey
keep you trilling uionlli alter month taking their filthy
jiinl poisouus compounds, or as long as the smallest lee
can be obtained, and in despair, leave you with ruinod
Jnealtli to sigh over your gaining disappointment.
Dr. Johnson is tho nuly Physician advertising.
His credential or diplomas always hang in his office.
His remedies or treatment are unknown to all others,
vjropared from a life spent in the great hospitals of Lit--rope;
the first In tins country uud unnsie evtensivu I ri
vals rraciici than auv other Physician in the world.
INDOIISL.MUNT 01' THII PKLfcS.
Tha rrtany thousands cured at (his institution year lif
ter year, and tliu nuiiiernus nuiiortaiit Surgical Opera
uiona porformi'd by Dr. Johnston, witnessed by the re
piutrr. of tliu run," "Clipper," and many other papers
notice, of w huh bavo appeared again and again belore
the public, bemles his standing as a gentlemen ol char
acter and retpuusibilily, ir a sullicienl guarantee to tlio
lllictsd.
. ' skin disi:ai:.s bpi:i:i)HA' cuitiin.
rPertons writing should be iiauu utar in tlirccting their
eattori tolfis 1 nt. tl tut i mi . in the following iiiauuer:
T.tam JOHN Al. JOHNSTON, M. I),
orihn Iioiiiinntn I.nrk llnsiiiial llaltiinorr. Marvlaud,
' JanJU,
o. lu-J. L .'laicji tt, cw.
TINWARE & STOVE SHOP.
j-rwlF otnlert ieiied ipsnectrullv informs his old friemll
1. and eii'tomer. that hu has purrliascd Ins brothers ;
, merest in tlio utuivu esiabiiiiimeui.iiiiuiiie toiiceiu wn
hereafter be conductod by himself I'lclusiul)'.
it lie has just received and oilers for mle, Iho l.irg;
tVij, en and mint extensive nssurluuiit of I'ANOY
CTU Tit v v.H ever introduced into this maiket.
tS5i2 His stock consists of a completo assortment of
tho li'st f linking and parlor stoves in the market, togeth
er wilh Stow ruturcs of every description, Oven and
Hot Stoves. Radiators, fjllndar Stoves, tail Iron Air.
Tight stoves, fatinou Stoves, fee , fed. Stovepipe and
Tmwate rmstantlv on rund and inanularlurcd in order.
All kinds "f if pntling done as Uoual, rn short notice
The pilronase nf old friends snd n rniomji''i'
jnectfully tnltcitod . A. M HUrERl
Uloomtliurg November 3e! lsu.l.
Poetry.
For the Columbia Democrat.
The Dying' Soldier.
II Y IlEV. JOHN BUTTON.
The raging battle storm had past.
The smoky clouds nroso nt last,
When many a manly form was found,
Dead or dying on the ground,
There leaned n youth against n tree,
A noble looking youth was he ;
He would not trample in the dust,
The principles he held werejuit.
Ho listened to his country's call,
And left his home mill kindred nil,
On duty's niter laid his life,
And plunged lulu tho bloody sttlf.t.
Now bleeding, dying, there lie stood,
And In his hand the w ord of Cod,
He liaslely sought the precious plnco,
That plainly speaks of oifered grace.
He trusted In tliu Lord of heaven.
He felt Ills fii's were all furgiven,
His dimming eye began to close,
A presage of his long repose
One struggled cllbrt, now, lie made,
Tho stream of patting life ho staid,
He thought of Unite so dear nu liar 111,
He thought of her, w ho gave him bitth.
Then from lilt bosom 'pilckly drew,
The miniature of her so true,
And while he gazed upon the form,
He wished that he could die nt home.
O, mother, dear I could I feel now.
Thy hand upon my aching brow,
'Twould be to ino a parting Joy,
A cordial to your dying boy
You said, when last we bade good-b) e,
That if Cod's will was I should die,
"Let no dl honor stain thy name.
Or tinge thy mother's cheek w ith shame."
Dear inothur I I have kept thy word,
1 drew and used no traitor's swdrd.
Hut ut my po-t upon the field,
To Death's (halt only, did I yield.
I've lived a faithful Soldier's life,
In iieacutul ramps, ortleadly strife.
And nowf with joy, I jlrld my breath,
1 die a failhlul Soldier's death.
lie grn.pi d the pli tare in his hand,
He felt he cuuld no longer stand,
Adieu to I'.arth, he fainlly cried,
And called upon his Cod and dUd
,'iilLi, Wailr, Pa.
Historical Sketches.
I'rom the .Veto ler Argus.
THE FORKS OF THE
SUSQUEHANNA.
Within the region drained by the two
branched of the Susquehanna, whose wa
ters unite nt Northumberland, lio some of
thu most beuutiful, moat romantic and
inoi-t celebrated spots in the local history
of Pennsylvania comprising many rich
anil now populous counties, to which years
ago, the h.irdy hcttlcrs flocked for cheap
land, the pleasuic of the chase and fishing
rod. Within its borders occurred some
of the moat terrible and bloody battles in
which thu white and the red man conten
ded for life and subtiateucc. Fierce aud
protracted were the struggles ; and we
find marks of thoin,not only on their very
hites, but the Indians have indelibly stam
ped their own nomenclature upon the
stream;, the mountains, the passes and
tlio valleys ; and it should ever bo aiourco
of gratification that our noble and majes
tic rivers wero permitted to retain their
beautiful aboriginal names, instead of
being be-llhiucd and be-llhonod and bo
'J iborcd from the Old World.
Horn within tho forks of thu Susque
hanna, on tho very bunk and directly at
tlio inuiith of one of its most romantic
tributarit'S, with tho tempest roar anil
sunny sparklo of both streams tho most
familiar sounds and sights of my child
hood, and tlio peculiar swunt sounding
Indian name of both in my young ears,
it is no wonder that the region watered
by "the rivers of the winding shore,"
should bo to nio the loveliest spot of
earth and from wliieh Ood grant that war,
pestilence and famino bo over absent.
And there is no valley in tho world which
for beauty of scenery, fertility of soil,
salubrity of elimato and facility of access
for the mineral wealth of its hills, tho
moral health, hospitality and iutelligeiieo
of its inhabitants surpasses that lying
in tlio forks of the Susquehanna, in the
gootl old commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Put it is not only fur tho things men
tioned that this valley is celebrated. Its
historical associations and recollections
are fully worthy of its high character in
other respects. Within that territory
lies the beautiful Valley of Wyoming, tho
plain tale of thus niasaerc of whoso citi
zens bring tears to the eyes of thu most
careless reader, and whoso charms and
horror.-, have been painted, but not height
ened by the magic pun of Campbell.
Here, too, the eelebrateil Van Campen
followed Iho trail of tho Indians, or miff
nrcd as a prisoner in their cruel hands, a
narrative of whosu adventures, sonio of
them occurring almost in sight ol where
1 write, would bo more exciting than a
romance. In this charmed region, dipt.
Samuel Urady performed many of his
famous exploits, and ma do his hair
Original
breadth escapes ; and numberless places
are pointed out as the spots where tho
white and the red man met in deadly
conflict.
Tho celebrated Montour family, which
has left its name indelibly on one of our
most beautiful mountains, lived, acted
and died, and arc believed to be buried in
in the valley of tho Susquehanna. Hero
dwelt tho Lenni Lcnapc, thc original pco
plu ;" and tho council firos of Tamancnd,
their most illustrious chieft.iin, were kin
dled in its forests. For many years an
nually on the first of .May, throughout
Pennsylvania, his festival was celebrated.
In Philadelphia, the members ol the
"Tammany" society walked the streets
in procession, their hats decorated with
bucks' t.ils, and upon reaching the wig
wam, had a talk, smoked the ''peace
pipe," and performed Indian dances.
Tho valley must have been very thickly
populated, for many remains of Indian
towns arc pointed out. Very extensive
burial grounds arc known to exist at sev
eral places within the forks. Curiosities
of various kinds mounds, excavations and
fortifications of undoubted Indian work
manship arc found in largo numbers.
Through this valley ran some of the most
important and frequently-traveled "war
paths" known in the history of the race.
Shall I traco them out for you by existing
roads and villages 1 Tho writer has been
ovor most of thorn, and you can put your
finger on the "paths" on almost any map.
"Tho Sbauiokiu Path" began at tho
place now known as Suubury, and contin
ued up the West Branch by the mouth of
Warrior Hun and an Indian town thero
located ; thence through tho gap in Muncy
hills to the town of Muncy, where the pub
lic road now passes.
"Tho Wyoming Path" left Muncy on
tho West Prauch, ran up Glade run, then
through a gap on tho hills to Fishing creek,
which empties into tho North Branch at
Bloomsburg, twenty miles above tho junc
tion ; crossed the creek, passed into (now)
Luzerne county through the Nescopcek
gap, aud up the North Branch to Wyo
ming. "The Wyalmiug Path" was traced up
the Muncy creek to its head, then crossed
Loyal Sock creek, near whero tho Ber
wick turnpike crosses, then to Dushore
thence to Wyalusing creek and to the flats
above.
"The SlieshcquinjPath" ran upBouscr's
run, thenco to Lycoming orcck, near tho
mouth of Mill creek, thenco up Lycoming
to the Beaver Dams, thenco down Towan-
da creek to the Sheshequin flats.
j "Tho Fishing creek litk" started on
the flats near Bloomsburg, on the North
i Branch; up Fishiug creek by Orangovillc,
to near Long Pond, thence across to Tuuk
hannook creek. It was on this very path
that Van Canipeu, tho most prominent Jn
diau fighter on tho North Branch, was
captured, and within three miles of where
I writo,
Several ether loss important paths led
into thoso great thoroughfares, aud aro
well known in their neighborhoods.
What, an interesting story would be that
of the country lying in the forks of the
: Susquehanna 1 every creek and mountain
1 pass has its history and with that history
I you generally fiud associated tho Indian
' name. Whero will you fiud so many
names, somewhat corrupted, perhaps, but
still easily traceable to their Indian origin
' as here ?
Hark to tho music of a few of them: Wo
havo Wyalusing, Tuckhaunock, Lacka
wanna, Wyoming, Nanticoko, Cattawissa,
Mahoning, Shamokiu, Chillisquaquo,
Muucy, Loyal Sock, Lycoming, Towanda
Kittauniug, Sheshequin, and many others:
Tho Indians seems to havo called what
is now Towanda, 'Awaudac;' and pei
haps what is knowu as Pino Orcokis a littlo
easier of pronunciation that tho aborigi
ual 'Tiadaghton.' So, also, what is now
known as Muncy Creek was, in tho nativo
dialect, 'Occohpoohcny,' and by soiuo of
tho tribes was called 'Longeserango.'
Tho numo Muucy was doubtless given by
the whites as easier of pronunciation, or
because tho tribes inhabiting tho region
wero oatled tho 'iMonsoys,' or Wolf tribes.
Lycoming was, in Iudiau, 'Locomick;'
and 'Stonehaugo, is by somo given as tho
Indian natnu of Loyal Sock. It, aa well
as Muucy, may havo been known to diff
erent tribes by difteront names; lor
Loyal Sock is undoubtedly Indian, and
signifies 'Middlo Fork' tho explanation
being that it entors tho Susquehanna about
midway between Munoy creek and Lycom
ing creok. Thero is reason in this ; and tho
authority for it, though mislaid, satisfied
my mind.
ChiHisquuque, 'The frozen Duck,' is
named from tho legend of a beautiful
squaw having mot an untimely death upon
tho banks of that quiet stream.
Nanticoko and Lackawanna aro most
certainly Indian, and I am informed by a
Welshman that the root3 of both words
aro certainly Welsh . Ho explains them
to havo rcferonco to streams of water, in
his own language, and their peculiarities
answer exactly to thoso of the streams
I which they designate. It is impossible to
say if tho meaning of the words in both
j languages is the same j but it is a little re
i markablc, if tho Welshman was not quiz
zing me, that in both, tho words should
havo reference to water, rather than
woods, fields or mountains,
j Such is a skeleton of a history of the
' forks of tho Susquehanna, a history that
1 has been attempted in detached pieces by
' several writers, but without in a singlo
iustauco making such a book as
' tho facts aud materials would warrant.
That history yet remains to bo written.
j When done, may it be done wisely aud
' well !
1 Lenni Lenape.
Army Correspondence.
8th Penn'a. Cavalry, )
Camp near llichmond, Juno 3, '02. $
Col. Levi L. Talc,
j Once more I seat myself to inform you
, of the past two days. On Saturday, tho
Ulhtof May, I was taking a nap about 2
o'clock, when I was aroused from my
peaceful slumber by a volley of musketry.
I thought nothing of that, uutil the second
aud third. Soon after tho news camothitt
twenty-five thousand rebels had attacked
our pickets and drove them in, and the
grand ball at llichmond had opened. We
soon got orders to saddle up all hands
jumped to their horses aud wero soon in
lino. Wo had orders to get iu fighting
trim. We were sunt to pack our blankets
on our saddles, aud wo soon found that
we would be in the mess with tho rest, for
tho shell and shot fell thick aud fast. Tho
enemy attacked us on our weakest point
our force was only about ten thousand.
This was a day similar to tho battle at
Pittsburg Landing. The fields were strew
J cd with the dead. Our men fought ties
; peratcly as wo weic driven back about one
J and a half miles. The enemy was too
strong for us. The light lasted for four
i hours, and wo lost about three hundred
killed, aud five hundred wounded. The
' enemy, I think, did not loso so niauy.
We slept on our arms all that night.
Sunday, June 1. About 7 o'clock, this
morning, tho euemy made another attack
on our lines, but mot with a warm recep
tion, ns wo were reinforced with 40,000
men on Saturday night. The 1st PennV.
Battery was planted on tho outside of the
wood, and one brigado to support it. Tho
( enemy made a chargo out of the woods
which they occupied, on our Battery A.,
i First U. S., when the Captain said, "don't
; shoot until I tell you." Tho enemy como
! withiu fifty yards, when tho order was
j given to fire, aud no sooner said than six
cannon poured out their contents, killing
J near live hundred ' of tho enemy. The
rest of that regiment took to tho woods
again. 'Iho second regiment came up,
but they wero not cut up as much as tho
first. They got tired of charging on our
Batterys and stayed in tho woods, and
poured their load at us in torrents. Then
tho Irish Brigade (Hooker's Division)
mado a charge and completely routed them,
capturing one regiment of Sharp-shooters.
There was not much cannonading yes-
I terday, it was all musketry, and one of tho
hardest battles that ever was fought, and
our men fought well all day. To-day tho
enemy's loss was ten to our ono. Our men
mowed them down liko grass. Tho onemy
used their own dead men for brcart-works,
aud would stand behind them and shoot
at us.
Gen. McClcllan came iu tho field about
9 o'clock, in tho morniug, aud cheered the
men it dono our men as much good to
sco tho Gcucral as forty thousand rein
forcement. You would not bclicvo tho
difl'eronco iu tho mcu. They then started
after tho enemy aud chased them threo
miles, capturing several of their Bnttcrys,
baggago wagons, and prisoners. Wo havo
iu our camp near a thousand. On their
retreat, tho 8th Peun'a. Cavalry was sent
after them and our orders woro not to
show any quarters. It was not long until
wo were cuttiug and slashing right and
loft, strowiog them all aloug tho road.
About -1 o'clock our pickets woro posted
and they soon drove them in ; but it was
soon changed, for tho sinners wero soon
going again, with their coat-tails sticking
(straight out that you could sit on thorn.
This day tho rebels were whipped badly.
Monday, June 2. As 1 am about woro
out with fatigue, of tho last two days and
nights, that I did hot go out with tho llcg
imcnt. There is hard fighting on tho
right of us. Whilo I writo tho cannons
aro booming and it is roaring liko thun
der. Prof. Lowe is up iu his balloon now,
looking at tho movement. Thero wore
thirteen of tho llichmond Homo Guards
brought in. They left there yesterday.
All praise is duo to one of our gallcnt men
for capturing one of the llichmond omni
buses, Thoycamo out with ono whito
man and a negro driver. Thero was only
one of our men in tho field at tho time ho
ordered the man on the buss to surrender,
the man refused, our shot him, loaded the
vchiclo with our dead and brought them
in. It is a good buss, of tho latest and
most fashionablo stylo, and as good horses
as you would wish to drive.
Wo aro now burying our dead and
and sending tho wounded to Philadelphia.
Wo had two wounded iu our Company,
one will prove fatal, the other will have
his right leg amputated' On Saturday
the rebels showed tho white flag, and soon
after fired in on our men again. The
cars aro now running on the llichmond k,
York llivcr Pail Head. The rebels tell
us that they aro near starving, and that
tho whole North cannot get into Richmond
They also tell us that Davis had the field
yesterday. Tho loss of Saturday and
Sunday, on our side, was between six and
eight hundred killed, and ono thousand
wouuded. On the enemy's side from fif
teen to eighteen hundred killed, and one
thousand wouuded. The enemy's shots
were not as fatal as ours, for they wound
many, our ihot strikes the head aud breast
and nearly all prove fatal.
Boforo this reaches you, I havo no doubt
we will be in Hichmoud. To-day it is
very warm. I will write you foou again.
1 remain yours,
OVENSIIINE.
Who is Old ? A wise man will nevor
rust out. As long as ho can move and
breathe he will bo doing for himself, his
neighbor, or for posterity. Almost to the
last hour of his life Washington was at
work. So wis Franklin and Young aud
Howard and Newton. No rust marred
their spirits. It is a foolish idea to suppose
wo must lie down and die becauso we aro
old! Not the man of energy ; not tho day
laborer in science, art, os benevolence ; but
he only suffers his energies to waste, away,
and tho spriugs of life to beeome motion
less on whoso bands the hours drag heavily,
and to whom all things wear the garb of
gloom. Is ho old I should not bo put;
but, is ho active? can he breathe and move
with agility ? There aro scores of grey
headed men wo should prefer, in any im
portant enterprise, to those young geutlc-
men who fear and trcmblo at approaching
shadows, and turn pale at a lion in their
path, at a harsh word or frown.
J53"" Tiii;Bemcia Boy. John C.IIeo
nan is cutting quite a swell in England
11c is witlt Howes' Amerieau Circus, at a
salary of $300 a week. Ho gives exhib
itions of tho art of self-defence iu the ring,
with Linsey, tho "Lancashire Sampson."
Mr. Howes has recently purchase the
Duchess cf Keuts state carriage, at a cost
of five hundred guineas, to convoy tho ro
no wed John to aud from his hotel to the
circus. Four chargers and two liveried
footmen aro attached to tho turnout.
United States officers recently from
Beaufort and Port lloyal, ropresont tho
attempt at instructing or enrolling tho
negroes as a ridiculous failure. The puro
Congou breed thero rejects all humaniziug
approach, and is lazy, inert aud repulsivo.
Uucle Sam's rations aro what they com-
j prebend much better thau Unclo Sam's
! work. The officers and troops are said to
j bo disgusted fit tho contact and intercourse
with negroes enforced upon them "by au-
f linritvt."
S Califohnia Gou). Tho total
product of gold iu California in 1801,
was .sixty millions of dollars ; being four-
1 teen millions less than in the previous year.
In 1853, the total product was ono hun
dred millions ; but it has been so gradual
ly declining siuco that date. It is not
impossible that, after a lapso of time, Cal
ifornia may become exhausted of tin reap
, lendcnt metal. It is a well ascertained
' fact, that countries, which in ancient times
' abounded in tho preoious metals, aro now
entirely destituto of them.
I , .-s.tti I
1 Speak well of all men, whether
others speak well of jou or not,
Miscellaneous.
Tho Democratic Party.
There was a time iu tho history of this
country when tho Deinooratio party was an
honor to itself and an honor to this great
republic. Founded as it was by tho im
mortal JefTerson, on tho principles of truth
justice and equal rights, it was destined
to accomplish a great and good work. And
wo aro free to acknowledge that our coun
try prospered well under Democratic rule.
Wo clip tho ahovo from tho 1'ittston
Gazette, of week before last. With its I
personalities aside wo regard tho Gazette
as tho fairest, as it certainly is much tho
ablest, Republican paper in tho county.
The article sounds to us as though it had
boon written by ono who had once been a
Democrat, but who from personal consid
erations, disappointed ambition perhaps,
or likely enough like many others, in some
dark hour of tho history of tho party was
foolish enough to exchange for a new faith
and for new associations, and is now,
when too late, bewailing in sackcloth and
ashos tho fato of his country and the mad
ness and infatuation of his own judgment.
It looks to us as though this wero the caso
becauso it is hard to find one of tho old
Federal stock of Republicans who will now
admit that the principles on wnich Jeffer
son founded the Democratic party were
correct, or that the Democratic party over
was anything else than a positive curso to
the country. Another reason why we
think it was written by a man who had
once been a Democrat is, that it goes on to
use the samo arguments that every rene
gade always has at his tongue's end. Tho
stale old cry of corruption that the Dein
ooratio party had been corrupt is tho
samo that Simon Cameron, Secretary
Welles, John W. Forney, Dave Wilmot,
and every other scoundrel that has ever
been kicked out of tho Demorratie party
uses as an excuse for having it. Wo by
no means mean to call tho Gazette oditors
scoundrels wo only cay that they arc un
fortunate in the respects wo have mention
ed, iu their use of languajo aud style of
thought
Since the organization of tho govern
incut tnerc uavo never been but two great
political parties in this country, aud as
the Gazcttj frankly admits, that Thomas
Jefferson was the founder of tho Demo
cratic party. Who in Jefferson's time
was the founder of the other known at
that day as tho Federal ? From every
candid political historian tho answer is at
once, Alexander Hamilton tho party
that was represented by the administration
of John Adams' Adams was a Federal
ist aud beliovcd in a strong central gov
crnmont just as the Republican party
has always advocated the centralization of
power in Congress to legislate for the do
mcstio concerns and institutions of the tor
ritorics, in opposition to tho doctrino of
peoples' sovereignty . Adams advocated!
more power iu tho hands of tho President,
honeo the Alien an Sedition Laws, by 1
whieh, at the will of the Presidont, news
i .1 x. . .1 . i ,
papers eouiu uu suppresscu anu luuiviuu-
als imprisoned or sout out of the country
for speaking ill of tho President or his ad-
ministration, just as the present adminis -
tration has dono over since it h as como in-
to
power. Thomas Jefferson advocated
tho doctrine of giving all power to tho peo
ple, and ho and his party mado war upon
tho Alien and Sedition Laws, which never
ceased till they had wiped out thoso laws
aud driven tho administration from power,
just as the Dcmoeratio party of to-day is
opposing the unconstitutional measures of
Lincoln and doing battle for tho lights
that tho constitution guarantees to every
person, high and low, who is entitled to
iu protection.
It will thus bo seen that the same gen
eral doctrines upon which tho two parties
wero constructed distinguished them to
day. The Democrotio party, through all
the mutatious of time and circumstances,
has preserved its organization, name and
doctrines, under which the Gazette admits
tho country prospered to a wonderful de
gree. Ino other party lias bocn as shitt
ing as tho sands of tho desert, till thoy fi
nally protest that they are uow 'no party.'
Lour tunes since John Adams they havo
temporarily acquired power, only to bring
tho country into difficulty and distress.
Going on from bad to worso, tho fourth
time, under Linooln, they havo involved
the nation into civil war a civil war tho
most stupendous tho world has evor hceu.
Nearly a million of ouf owuountrymen
cutting each others throatsjtfisVtho result
of tho mad and fatal policy of that party
now a result predicted by Jefferson him
solf, aud against whioh wo havo been ad
monished by tho .rcatest statesmen and
tbo purest patriots iiom Washington to
tho present time. This is not such pros
perity as tho Gazcette acknowledges the
country had under Domooratio adminis
trations. Nor need wo slop hero with tho para
Id. Jefferson, now acknowledged to bo
tho groat and the good, in his day was de
nounced by tho opposition, and his party
just as bitterly as tho Democratic party is
now denounced. Ho was called an infi
del, and his party a party of Bible-Burn-ors
; and tho pulpit, filled .with political
priests then as now, made opposition to tho
Domocratio party an article of Christain
faith, and enveighed long and loud in
prayers and preachings against tho party
that was rushing tho country on to destruc
tion. Tho anathemas of Heaven wero
thundorcd at thoso who differed iu political
faith from tho standard set up by thoso
wolves in sheep's clothing ; so now all
who will not blindly fall down and shout
"abolition ! abolition ! I " aro denounced
by the same class of men who called Jeff
erson a Bible-burner, as secessionists, trai
tors and every other epithet that partizan
malignity can invent ; but tho sober senso
of the people finally triumphed, just as it
is returning now aud just as it is bound to
triumph iu time to come.
We thank the Gazette for its candid ad
mission, and wo think that that very pa
per will sec, after a littlo oool reflection,
that the 6amo political elements exist in
the country now as in the days of Jeffer
son, and that if tho great apoitlo of Democ
racy were alive to day and leading his
party, he would be denounced uow as ho
was in his life timo. 91
Luzerne Union,
ceyTho following is a good .--tory about
a clergyman who lost his horse on Satur
cveuing. After hunting in company with
a boy until after midnight he gave up in
despair. The next day, somewhat deject
ed at his loss, ho went into the pulpit, aud
took for his text the following passage from
Job :
"Oh that I know where I might find
him !"
Tho boy who had just como in, suppo
sing tho horse was still the burden of his
thought, cried out :
"I know where he is : he's iu Deacon
Smith's baru !''
JCSIn the 3rd Wisconsin volunteers
tt.
is a rule that no soldier can leavo
tho
camp without a pass. Tho chaplain ono
day was distributing tracts; among them
was ono headed, "Como sinners, como 1"
soon after the tract was picked up in camp,
and uuder the heading was penciled.
'Can't do it; Colonel Rogers won't sign
any pass."
4tr - - - . .
BSfA Maino editor thus distinguished
between different sorts ofpatriotis ; 'Some
esteem it sweet and decorous to die for
one's country; others regard it sweeter to
live for one's country ; and yet others hold
it to bo sweeter still to live on one's coun-
, it
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, . , ,
j&-Captaiu Boggs of United States
gun-boat Varuna, who sunk six rebel
. steamers on the Mississippi,, aud fought
Lis vessel until sho was suuk, is a nephew
1 of tho gallant Lawence, whoso "Don't
give up the ship" has become historic.
ESyThere arc thousands of people call
ing themselves patriots, who aro extremely
anxious to have Gcu. McClcllan put down.
Well, says Prentico, the country will glad
ly put him down as one of the greatest
Generals of any ago,
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CS5An old Jew, who sold exclusively
for cash, said that ho did it for tho bene
fit of his neighbors. He did not wish to
see them "decq in debt mit him, yen dey
ish got no inouish pay mit.
C Endeavoring to inako violent lovo
to a pretty girl uuder the table, and pres
sing tho wrong foot that of your wife,
whoso corns aro tender is describo as ono
of the miseries of married life.
Bssf" Well, Bill," said a doctor to a
lad, whoso lover had been attending du
ring her illness, "how is Miss V?"
"She's dead, I thank you .'"
CTho principal diffcronoo between
tbo original British lion and tho Canadian
variety of tho auimal is that tho lattoc
wauts Maino.
JCSJ-Who first introduced salt provisions
into tho navy ! Noah for ho had Ham in
tho ark.
Tho surest way to loose your health
is to bo very frequently diinking that of
others.
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