Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, June 21, 1862, Image 1
innT.TTMRTA AND BLOOMSBUKG, GENERAL ADVERTISER. '.LEVI Ii. TATE, Editor. TO HOLD AND TRIM TIIK TO110II OP TRUTH AND WAVE IT O'EIl THE DARKENED EARTH." TERMS: SS.00 PER ANrtflJIW. VOL. 16. NO, 16. BLOOMS BURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1862, VOLUME 26. COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. PUUniSIIKI) EVEIIY SATURDAY, DY LEVI L. TATE, IN DLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA. OFFICE (n Iht mu Uriel- Building, oppoilte tht Kiehangt, by tide of the Court Iloutt. "Democratic lltai (uarttri." ' S' - Tl'IlMiS OP SUIIKCHIl'TION. SI 00 In advance, Tor onu copy, fur six months, 1 72 ' I n advance, fur onu copy, onu year. 8 00 If mil ialil within tho tlrst tlirou montlii. U M'lrnot paid within tlio first nix mouths. 3 iO'lf mcpI i.'i l.l within the J ear. FT- No subscription taken fur less than sU moullii, lad no papcr.illscuiitiiiuuil until all iirrtnmscy slinll Iiavu hceti'pald. JCy Ordinary AnvKitrucMicsTS insetted, ana Jou Vv ork credited, at tliu u.-.taliIishodpriccs twiss ' wi itmpTV - ' iIaITtIMOKH LOOK HOSPITAL 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 l j ' , . , , 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, - 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. 1