North Branch democrat., February 25, 1863, Image 2

t\t Bnnoirat.
HARVEY SICKEER, Editor.
TUN KHAN NOCK, PA.
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 18G3.
S. M. Pettensiiil IT; Co.— Xo. 37 PARK ROW.
NEW YORK, A 6 STATE ST I><>STOX, are our Agents :
for the N. B. iJeinocrat, in these cities, and are author- i
iiei to take Advertisements and Subscriptions for
us at our lowest Rates.
To CORRESPONDENTS —Lines by MI LLIE we shall
prob.il I j find a place for in our n-xt issue.
The rhymes entitled "T he Hi h men of ..ur land,"
while they contain some \erv good hits, are hardly
in shape lor pul li ui .ii ; baling s> little eoolideii o
in our poetical talent, we hire not venture oa nny
corrections in this line
The news from Vickshutg, by the last |
nights mail is important; tlie bombardment ,
of that city having been conmenccd by the
mortar boats. The rebel batteries wore re
turning the fire ; the result, at last, accounts
being uncertain. An attack on Charleston
S. C., was momentarily expected. N i chan
ges have taken place in the at toy of the Pot >• !
mac. The conscription bill is now under
consideration in the house. Very exciting
debates on it, have already taken place. The
Abolitionists will not permit any amend- ;
meuts to this infamous b• 11.
The Case of William llurgess.
Lot us write a plain story of the times, the
facts of which are will kn wn and have 1- fh
stated by the very men involved in the tnr j
rative.
"William Burgess, formerly of MdlviJle in ;
Columbia county, an Abolitionist of the first
water, and now publisher of a Black lb pub- '
licaii newspaper in this county was, and lor
ought we know is yet, Superintendent ol
Common Schools for Columbia c unity with ;
a good salary, lie was appointed to the post,
by the State Superintendent of Common
School to fii 1 a vacancy.
In October ia-f, it will be remembered, the '
draft took place under the ca'l of the Presi
dent for troops, and, very sad to tell, the I
name of William Burgess was drawn, and!
was enrolled among the names of those law
fully selected to serve their country. If hi '
had been assigned to a fat Paymaster-ship, or
other good office, the duties of which would
not bring a man uncomfortably near the bul- j
lets of the enemy, and the pay of which would
be respectable, it might have been considered ;
a very proper thing ; but to be drawn as a
common soldier, to be, perhaps, made " food
for powder" on some fine morning, was a
thing "quite intolerable and not to be en
dured." There was a remedy to lie sure in
the case, for a substitute might be hired and
aent, and Mr. Superintendent go on with his I
duties and draw his salary, or turn his at
tention to something else, according to his
own will and pleasure. But this resource
for an unwilling patriot was liable to the i
jectmn of expense, a thing to be considered
by an abolitionist when it comes home to Ins
own pocket instead of the national treasury.
Other men who were drafted and c u Id not
serve, or did not choose to serve, hired sub
stirutes; but the c >st of a substitute was
found to be several hundred dollars—a very
inconvenient outlay for a Republican politi
cian, who had never been favored with a
government contract, and had only a salary
to draw upon.
The case was one for commiseration, for
the deep sympathy of all "loyal" men, and
Burgess was Ultimate enough to obtain such
sympathy in his hour of sore trial. Toe
Post Master of Blootnsburg, holding a god
office and luckily exempt by law from the
draft, had sympathy for his less fortunate
brother official, and catnc to his aid with a
promptness and zeal deserving of all praise.
Jle wrote to the Superintendent of Common
Schools at flarrisbnrg, and the Superinten
dent of Common Schools wrote to the Sec
retary at War at Washington, and the Secre
tary at V ar wrote hack to Gov. C'urtin at
Harrisburg. and then Gov. Curl in sent an
order to the draft Commissioner <>f Columbia
County to discharge Mr. Burgess from the
draft ! This proceeding was a little circuit
ous, bat the result was all that could be de
sired ; Mr. Burgess was discharged from the
draft, and could bid defiance to Provost Mar
shals forever!
Some inquisitive citizen may desire to
know under what law this was done : the
man was able bodied not too young nor too old,
the very picture of a tine soldier, was neither
a mail carrier, nor postmaster nor judge, and
in addition to all ibis, was an undoubted pat
riot, with tnost wholesome views upon the
subject of the war and the manner of con
ducting it—the very man one would think for
the crisis, and most happily drawn by the
gentle pressure of the draft into the public
service.
We can only answer to all this, that the
law was simply set aside fur the occasion
was dispensed with—and it was decreed that
some other num should stand in the place
of Mr. Butgess in the day of battle—because
—the Postmaster at Blootnsburg wanted it
done, the Superintendent of Common Schools
thought it would be well to be done, and tho
Secretary at War conceived it might be done
and thereu on the governor of the Common
wealth "in Consideration of the premises "
ordered it to be done! It would be irrever
ent and disrespectful to all these distinguish
ed Repebhcan officials, to make any trouble
some question upon the la t of the case in
view of their arduous labors and most sage
conclusions upon it.
But to stop the mouths of all revilers, we
will state the ground of the discharge as we
pot it from the luminous columns of the Co- j
lumbia County Republican.
By the School laws of 'his Slate, School
Directois are exempt from militia service and
lines. And as they are not paid for their
services, this is a reasonable provision in ordi
nary times—" the piping times of peace."—
though it ought not to extend to a time of
war. A county Superintendent, who is paid
for his services, is not exempt by the law
lie is, consequently, subject to military ser
vice and to a draft when militia are called for
But those simple-minded people who suppose
the law is to be kept because it is I AW, are
not well read in the logic of Republican rule,
and must correct their ideas and conform
them to those great improvements in the sci
ence of government wh.eh have been introduc
ed since Abraham Line In became Chief Mag
istrate of the United States.
It may be triumphantly asked if military
necessity be an adequate reason for the arbi
trary arrest and imprisonment of a political
opponent { despite the constitution of the
State and that of the Federal Union ) ought
not educational necessity t> he consider'd au
excellent reason for setting aside the liws in
favor of a political friend ? The latter ex
pression is nearly as easily written or spoken
as the former and rc*t* upon the satne mug
liifieent principle of subjecting the people to
the sovereign will and pleasure of their rulers.
The question of fact as to the existence of
the necessity in any case, must be left, . f
cour* •. entirely to official judgment ; for great
mistakes would doubtless be committed • ! the
populace were allowed to intervene or pro
nounce an opinion upon it- A.t though to or
din.try apprehensions the law fully provides
for filling a vacancy in the office of County
Superintendent , ami the office seems every
where rather sought after than shunned a lien
open to appointment or election, yet in this
case, official persons with a wide field of vis
ion, to wit, n Postmaster, a State Superinten
dent, a Secretary at War and a Governor
having passed upon the question of necessity,
it would be presumptous m any private indi
vidual to a'tempt its discussion. It has been
abjudicated and determined, if not according
to the law of Ihe land, at least according to
those transcendental rules of administration
to which we are becoming accustomed.
Besides tl is insisted that as School Direc
tors are exempt, County Superintendents
ought to be also—in other words, the law
ought to be amended in favor of the latter, as
it already favors the former. Some captious
person might answer that it would answer
the purposes of even-handed jus-, ire quiti as
we!!, to repeal the exemption of School Di
rectors or MI peed it in time of war; and
also that the exemption ol Directors h on mi
litary enrollment in ordinary times bring in
consideration of the fact that they serve with
out pay, the same reason will not apply to
Superintendents who art ptid for their set"
vmes. An objector migot lurtin r allege, that
a question ol change in th* iaws, i- exclusive
ly lor the Legislature—that it belong* to the
jurisdtc'ion ol those who enact the laws and
not ol those execute (hem, and that until
they are changed they are to he enforced up
on all without "fear, favor, or affection.."
But that this is a narrow and insufficient
view of the subject we have already shown
upon the high authority of the distinguished
functionaries who were concerned in tpe tLs
charge of Mr. Burgees, and their views a*
they are in power, mu-t be held as decisive
and incontrovertible. Any other doctrine
would be " disloyal" in the highest degree,
and Would subject us to the charge of being
" secessionists,'' or " sympathizers with re
hellion."
So far the ca*e of Burgess, or rather his
discharge, stands upon sol; 1 ground, or at
least upon grounds as sufficient a* these which
support many measures of existing public po
licy, and it would he satisfactory, at this point
to turn it over to the contemplation of our
readers. But ihts is rendered impossible by
the act of Mr. Burgess him*elf. For tie Ins
interposed with a most remarkable explana
tion which shows that something very much
like a trick was practised upon the sagacious
officials who strained the laws in his favor, or
else that those officials arc more guilty than
the foregoing exposition would represent
them. 11c said fie had his arrangt tin nts
made to publish a newspaper in Wyoming
County btjure his discharge ; that he forward
ed his resignation as Superintendent to llar
risburg ; and admits, in substance, that the
allegation that his discharge was noce-sary
to the management of schools in Columbia
County, was utterly unfounded and false!
And yet he slipped away from the draft cn
that pretense !
We were, at first, astounded by this ex
platiation, which seemed to remove from the
; transaction, all pretence of justification or ex
cuse ; but subsequent reflection has convinced
us that out first impressions were erroneous.
We think we can detect the point *>l the ar
gument (tu this new a-;* ct of the Ca*e,) upon
which the discharge can still he triumphant
ly vindicated. It must be conceded that mil
itary necessity is nut of the case, for ti.at
would require the retention rather than the
discharge of a soldier fit for the wars ; and it
is equally clear .Torn the explanation, that
there was no educational necessity. The of
fice of Superintend tit was thrown up by
Burgess and he has since discharged none of
its duties. Bu will it not strike every rea
-1 sonable mind, upon due consideration, that
there was a political necessity for the dis
charge, which abundantly sustains it ? Was
it not as important to keep down independent
opinion &r home as to subdue the enemy in
the field ? And was not Burgess ab .ut de
voting himself, with all his powers, to the
performance of this most necessary and ardu
ous duty ? The election, then just held, had
shown that the refractory and dissatisfied
elements of society were strong—in fact strong
enough to give a majority at the polls against
the pure and patriotic party of Cameron and
Curtin. Was it not, then, a most fit and
timely thing to secure his services for the
spreading and defence of Republican doctrine
upon the upper waters of the Susquehanna ?
When men are found wicked enough to
com [lain that Presidential proclamations
should be substituted for the Constitution
and Laws of the land, or to denounce the
beneficial expansion of paper money, by which
gold and all commodities are greatly increased
in value to the evident enrichment and pros
pcritv of the people, or U> question tho man
agement of the war in reeard to the rotation
of Generals in the field, or liberality to con*
tractors of supplies, it is high tune for official
power to look after its trieuds and enlist their
services in its defence. Nothing more has
been done in the case of William Burgess,
who, in his capacity of Publisher and editor,
will be a pillar of support to the government,
and a complete illustration of perfect "loy
alty" in time of trouble and danger.
The Wesson# of the War.
Experience is an < (tactual teacher, but her
school is usually of the most expensive char
acter. The war ha* furnished us an exam
ple of this kind, and we shall do well il we
heed its lessons.
Before the war, a majority among us be
lieved that the Southern Slates would not
secede, 11 was stoutly asserted, that they
d ire not withdraw, and if they did, they
Could not sustain themselves. It was be
lieved that in case o( war, the North could
crush (he South in an inconceivably brief
space of time. It was thought that slavery
in the South was an element of weakness.—
It wa* proclaimed that the slaves wee the
national alius ot the North ; that they were
panting (or liberty, and would embrace the
earliest opportunity to break away (ruui
bondage.
The first months' experience of the war
dissipated these delusions.
But tt is hard fir these persons to surren
der the notion* so long indulged. It is claim
ed that our g had not placed them
selves witli Miliiei. Nt distinctness upon the
anti-slavery plailorJi. If has been asserted
iii.it a proclamation of emancipation would
be tbe magic act that would extinguish the
rebel fires. It was to enlist in favor of our
government the sympathies of European na
tions—it was to stimulate the '* man and
brother'" of the South, to a--et t hisTmlejKMi
der.ee of Lis master—and more than all, it
was to infuse new ardor into tin; Northern
tninds, so that the ' highways" of Massachu
setts would swarm with recruits in this new
4 ' holy crusade," and throughout the North
three tunes oUO.OGO valiant men, each Mined
with two tauskels, one lor himself undone
for the slave, would tush forward to -usiaui
the Administration. |
W-il, we have the emancipation edict and j
begin to see it* fruits. F reign nations de*
limine-? it barbarous. Apathy like a death
sleep, still I-roml* over the j.-c? of slavery,
ami instead of a new born Zeal in behalf of
the war pervading ihe North, it is asserted
-.,1 the floor of Congress, that 50,000 new te
cruits cannot be ob'auied, and that as for a
drat, it is not to le thought of.
Only one more experiment so far a* we
can see. remains to be tried. Negro regi j
meats aie to be organized at the South to
fight for the proclamation. This is the last
hope of llidicalism. fi this tails, as fail it
will, then they are to seek for foreign inter j
volition and peace on any terms.— Union and
Constitution.
M nop*is of tin- National Currency Hill.
The nati-nal currency bdl, which passed
the Scute Thursday, provides for the istao
lishnient of a bur. au in ihe Treasury Depart
ment which is what.- charge of tiie cuneu- 1
cy. It [ >rovides (or the appointment of a
cotnptrol'cr, specifies his duties and makes
the necessary regulations for the government
of his office. It creates banking associations,
to be organized as corporate bodies, wiiii
not less than live persons constituting tlie as
sociation in any case ; shows how they ate
| to be orgauize 1 and governed, provides the
I proper safeguards and restrictions, etc
These institutions may purchase, hold, and
d spose of real estate. Before any institu
tion can commence business, it i.t'i*t transfer
j to the Treasurer of the United States bonds
| of not l. *s than one third of the srTnount of
tire capital stock paid in. On comply nig
with these conditions the institutions will be
entitle ! to receive from the comptroller bids
of different denominations in amount equal
to the capital stock already paid in. The
amount of these circulating notes are not n>
exceed fjv.OO UUO.IKJO, and ate to be ihstiibut
;ed throughout the States, Territories and
j District of Columbia upon the basis of repre
sentative population. Tf.e comptroller under
the direction of the treasurer, is to provide
pkites, engravings, etc., f r making these bills
or notes. These notes at, to be held at par
throughout the United Siaies. A tax oi one
per centum i> to be paid by these batiks to
the government, semi-annually, in July and
January. The buik officers ate to. make
regular and accurate returns of their transac
tions to the proper authorities, No notes
j but such as are provided for in this bill will
jbe all iwe Ito be put into circulation by these
i banks. The bdl further provides rules for
the government of these institutions in de
j tail, and at much length, affixing certain pen
j aliu s for any violations of law, such as the
public safety demands. The bill contains
i some sixty-three sections.
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£di The New England abolitionists,
; who were so anxious for the President to is
sue his emancipation proclamation, and who
! stated that the roads cf that section would
swarm with soldiers ready and willing to
bear arms in defence of the Government, if
the I resident Would exercise ati unconstitu
tional power by declaring the freedom of the
slaves, are now issuing orders exonerating
the enlisted and drafted men of those States
from limitary duty. The abolitionists are
great advocates of the war policy of Presi
dent Lincoln, but when it comes to fighting
they greatly prefer to be counted out. II , r - !
ace Greeley's nine hundred thousand men
have not been found, and Governor Andrew's
roads in Massachusetts have only swarmed
with deserters running away from tho army, j
Governor's Message.
Governor Curtin, a few days ago, sent into
the Senate and Ilouse of Representatives a
special message on the subject of military ar
rests bv the National Administration. The
Governor squarely admits the illegality ol
! these arrests, and in a cowardly and craven
spirit, tttes to exculpate himself from respon
sibility, by asserting his ignorance of the
number of these arrests made. W . at! Free
and loyal citizens of I'emi*y Kama arrested
without authority of iaw, carried beyond the
limits of (he State, and there tyiprisoned in
Government dungeons and held as felons, no
charge prHerted against theui of any crime
known to the laws, and denied the Coiistitu
! tionai right of trial, and this state of things
earned on tor nearly two years and the G <*'
ernor of the state be ignorant of the fact, and
: plead that ignorance befoie the people a* a
reason for bis inaction ! Verily, if tho G-v
i ernor is ignorant of these matters he is the
only man tu the state who is so, and his con
fession of bis ignorance must cause every cit
' izenVf the state to blush.
But he r.ot only pleads his ignor.nee ; but
I astr!s his want of power to interfere for the
protection of the liberty ofourcitiz ns. Has
the Governor read the Constitution of the
State, especially the 9th article, containing
the " Declaration of rights ?" Did lie not at
the time oi his inauguration swear to snj>*
I port the Constitution, the 9th arpete and all?
And is not the Bih section (and all other
part*) of that article a part of the Constitu
tion I And is it not a part of tf.e duty of
the state Exective to pro.eet ihe citizens of
: the State from unlawful arrest or seizure,
made at will, by the President and his sub
oldn-atis, as against such unlawful acts coin
muled by any other man ? D- .*> llm Gov
ernor mean tu assert that li ihe Piesideut,
Secretary of War, or any of their dairaps,
without authority of lax, causes the arrest of
a tree ciUZt-n oi tVuiisyivu.ia and carries bun
beiound the hunts ol ihe statu, and hold*
him tneie as a lint-fora murderer, for piv-
W-uded ollenCeS alleged to i.aVc been c ininlt
ted wiiinu tlie Male, ihal su.Ti unlawful acis
is the act of toe Goceminent of the Lntud
Slates, and therefore tlie Male auilmrili R are
p..wetless t Away wiiti such a Governor.—
' And away with such doctlims.
In enie th.ng, however, the Governor lias
st umbled upon the t rut ft. He denies the
tight ol (he President to suspend the iiabea-
Uoipus, and ihtiebj raise* an issue w.ir iJie
National Government.— Oanville l.dvUinen
cer.
j \
Etaace Conference.
! \
The Legislatures of K. mucky and Illinois
have appointed Commissioners to meet with
commissioners to he appointed by other Niuit s
at L mtsville at an eai !j date, to cooler upon
j the e -nditi n ol the country, vvnb a view to a
peacelui and tioiioiable adjustment oi our dd
\ iicntties. We i.-gard mis movement a ol Hie
i.igocsv. importance. To our appiehensiou
j theft- seems to be tut two practicable modes
of extricating the goVetnmeiil !/■ in Us ctu
biiiasstueol. One is by lojcigu intervention,
which is the only possible nioUe, if tne two
j sections coiitiiioe to be control,. <1 oy ultraist,
as they have been for two years past. It is
plain, .hut the eXUt-UiC nun win uevel agree.
! We do not bel.cve tfiat utilicr of ;hu bebget
; tut I arlies will eoi quel the o:het, and We
think Uiut the fieopie generally are coining to
. the same conclusion. Ttar tins reason a is
that lite radical*, even u>w looking | u r inur
-1 veil lion by some foreign nation as tLe readiest
j manner el solving tuc complications or our
situation.
Ine other pian lor relieving the country
fr mi its pcr-is, is the out- Contemplated by
the movement to which we have reierred
As a patt of tins plan, it is necessary that a
conservative party .mould control toe politi
cal power ol the Country . £>uen a party nuy
then successively intervene between the* two
! extr. uics, put a stop to the War, and re-es
tabhsb the Guverniueut upon a permanent
j basis.
Intervention by a foreign power must re
sult in separation—and not merely between
the N rtb ud South, but separation beiween
the* East and \ est, between the Atlantic and
tfie Pacific estates—between New Log-ami
and the Mi Joie -States. Intervention by a
conservative party among ourselves, will se
' cure peace and may also rc-uistate constitu
tional autiiorily over tne whole couutry, and
' restore the Union.— Union <y Constitution.
They Don't Flock to the Standard,
1 It is a curious commentary on the " fiery
zeal," as Col. lliggiuson terms i, of the South
Carolina negroes tiiut Gen. Hunter lias ap
1 plied tor and received permission from Wasli
' ingtou to draft sucii of them as can be caught
into the Military service of the United States
A portion ola regiment entered upon military
i, duty voluntarily at Port Royal, and nearly
I four regiments have been organized at New
Oi leans—mainly tnuiattoes, however; but
•; with these exceptions tire negroes have maui
( Tested no disposition to run to arms. The
attempts in this city and el-ewhere to organ
ize colored battalions have not, so far, t-uc
I I ceooed, and Governor Curtin is already re
i U'Ded to he discouraged at tlie military ap
i athy of his colored brethren. But what a
difference between the swelling prologue and
the act itself. Before the war, it was sup
posed the South was one vast mine, and the
negroes were revolutionary powder that was
. to set the land in flames. But they have
j showr themselves the most patient and cm
j tented of drudges, who will not fight unless
actually forced into the ranks.— -World,
< P
& he Hon. -John Conness has just been
elected U. S. Senator from California for six
years from the 4th of March next, in placeof
of Milt-.n S. Lath an (Dem.) He has for ten
years been an active politician in that S ate
of the Douglas Democrats or Brodrick schools,
and was the candidate for Lieut-Governor on
j Brodetick ticket in 1859.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
New Mill.--We learn that Mi. Taylor, not
withstanding hi? lo3s by the burning of tii* mills,
spoken of by us l ist week, whi h was about 920,000,
contemplates oreeting i new one, on the old s:to.
Postponed.• The first numbers of the New Dai
ly Democratic paper— ' The A%e" —will not be is
sued until late in M ir. h The delay 13 occasi-ued
by the non-eotnpletion of the power press intended
for its publication.
Select Schoo?.—Miss KATE U. LOTT will com
mence a Select School in the Public School House in
ihis Borough on Monday the 2nd d.iy of March
Miss LOTT IS .in experienced teaericr, her terms re aeon -
itble. She asks the patronage of 'be ooinuiuuay aud
public.
Snow to the depth of tw -ive or fifteen inehas. at
this place, fell during the day and evening of Sunday
last ; being of a very light end fie-cy th irstier, it
makes bat very indifferent sleighing Our fnen is
who are I le.-sc.j with fust horses and fancy sleighs
are making the most of it.
; The Lady's ft ok,—dodey's Lady's Book for
March has been receive i by us, -n 1 sust .ins ils rep
utation as the very best tna - izitie in the country.—
Price to single subscribers &i, with large deductions
lo clubs of tec or mere,
A Idress L. A. Go icy, 323 Chestnut St Philala,
The ton volition. —We unhesitatingly pro
nounee the Musical Convention, now in full blast at
this place un ier I'-otc-sor T E. Perkins, a decided
success. We attend .1 at the opening yesterday,
I n-i f>und upwards of a hen ired in Htu-ndon. e—
! 'ibose who find it inconvenient to attend regularly
j rh"Ul 1 not f;il to be pie-eat at the (Iran i closing
Concert on Friday night. Admission 25 ets.
A Card.—lh uuderstgned would most respect
fully pieseni their grateful acknowledgement? to
their liien Is at Mc-h -pp.-n >iil vicinity, lor the many
FUiWilitiai k/l h'lt'UOHtiip J ewtriiloJ to them ilt
the donation, on the Inn met:
M o they never lack for temporal or spin uil good,
una a.witys I eel and cultivate ib irieudsiiip so mani
fest OU that occasion.
A. O. Warhr.V,
. (" WAKUIJI,
ilroken Lcg.~on Friday last Newman Miller
: while rid ng out oi ivru with Lissou in-law Asaer
j fitch, was thrown from the w >g< u ty a suuilin start
I of tt.e h and, lu laiin*- broke bis lea'just below
I the kae. lie wan takeu to the house of Mr. Carpen
ter, wlo- e the belies werecl by i>r. Lyiii<.n, win. w: s
i pre.-ei tin a lew minutes a.icr tiie oe uj'ci. c fie
I was i. ting on some furniture be had purchased and!
; was carrying 1. me iu a light spring ivugou ..t tue
j fine ot ;ho ac ieut
News li'I int.—Th< gubwri'ier having estobiish
i ed a News D j-.* a. L>. • Rkooij-*' frrug .-lore culls the
1 attention of the renders to his ib.ily, Weekly and
Month V Xewspaja-rs mi M.ig..z.
It you want one hour s i n.-r news take the Inquirer
or Press You will at*.-fin! a fine assortment of!
i'l.i'U HI i J-.i.i-y Valeuunes et every description and ,
at prices to suit ihe tiui.s.
Call an I see lor yours, lv.-g.
Inquirer Drily IS cts per week,
l'rcss, " 2tJ " "
TV E. TV ALTON !
A f4iabb'-dL t?t we.-k during an fF.-;.y
. in 1* C Inl .iin i s 'irwtij, I'al.-iik Al.hony was \
| stabbed by J.-hu bought Tt.e u.am cut was uj?ui <
the let! si lc. the hnile striking if.e lower rtb HWon
i four inches fr<► u tha wpiue pu—ing ah ng the rib
j about t'-ur iu-he? then tin.pjir.g tcbiw , nd tim-.-t
j ousting through ihe side, leaving only the i:,.;,dc l u- j
j i'ig. Tti- Iti .tn • the >-ut is 7 j :ii-hej There wi- j
; a (ut acr<'?? the i It h-m J, about three inches p. r ,g
j partially severing the curd or muscle of the ?.!!■ 1
I fiu cor. There wit a small gash on the right ciieen
j hone, about |~fanii ch long 'lne wounds were
; dressed by Drs. i tcoups-in ani TVo. Ihouse. With
I , , , . '
I g.voij m.rk ami much care, he may recover. The tra
j g iv occurred ui ane of too woi.-t bet-beds f desiru -
tian now i;t our county. TVLen will there b- a stop'
i to u 'u ihings 1 CoM.
j LACKVWLLE Feb. IT,'CJ.
Tiie N'civ County Dill tf wfiich we spoke last
: week, has paac-l i!'a L'gtsivtura wirh almost
ntire unanimity iu both branches. It provides for
i the erection of a county to be onßed Lickawnnna,
subject h.-Wever to a vote ~t the win!o people of Lu
reine in July next. The loliowmg 'lown-hips una
districts are embraced in the 1 mils of the pr..poe.l
New County : Carbon l.!c, Fill, Grser.fiel l, Benton.
Abington, Newton, Uunsou, Lackawanna, Providence
i Scott, HI ikelj, Jefferson, M-i I's -n, Coving:- n, Spring,
j Lrook, Luck, the citv of Carboicl.-ile and the Ilor-
I eug is -,f rantou. l)iioiiore, ilv.le Park, Provii.eiic©
j and T\ ivcrly. Ex tlovs. ll glcr and Polio.k, and
; lion. Ilc-nry S Mdt, are tue couimissioiiers apjsdrit
ed to run the iin-ss end fix ujou u site for the county
scat of the New county.
The new county men are jubilant over their j ros
pe. ts and l'eel confident of success ia the July ehc
tion.
A Slink.—That our readers and the public gen
; or.'by iiioj not fail to appreciate the braverij. patri
otism an 1 nunc s.'y of" Lilly Bution"' of the I'cpiib
hcan, we give in another column a plain, truthful
narrative of his ticrculc rn efforts to "crush out the
rel) II ion," from the time ot the ir ft, la.t Fall, up
to the ti-oe ho pitched his tent, and planted his bat
teries on the norihern b m-cof the— Tunkhann.ck
llis services since that date are, dou'dlces, fully ap
pre.-i ire-i by those who dwell with exta'ic r l asure
upon his Irau'ic appeals to the <'/F-s >criii.-irig patri
otism of the people, and his Litter denunciation of the
1 eace 1 arty, " Coj.jeiiheads " JJre. kenridgcrs,"
j Ac. Those who hive imagined that the late raft
was Conducted legally aud impartially will find in the
1 case of " Lilly " ;l f a i r sample of AbulUion honesty.
| Lead it
; i&liiTiismnifs.
co '
"\TOTICE IS HF.KRRY GIVEN, THAT THE
1 id Co.nmi.v;. tiers of Wyoming Couutv will hold a
I Court ot Appeal at their ot.i e „ t - 1( . ij„ roa;a 0 f
lunktiiiunock, forthc several tow-hips int>id Coun
ty, coimaciictngou .March 23d, lstij ~ud ail ia i>,.n.s
v.uo to iy feet aggrieved on trcoum ot tiieir taxes lor
the year 1803, may at.cn 1 and be heard,
MA ECU 2.. ]B(>;L
Lraintri.u Township,
Exeter "
Nr'ch Branch •'
Clinton "
MAlien 24. 1803.
l.emo:i Township,
Forgston "
Ni bolsou "
MAKCH 25. 1803.
Mehoopnny iowusuip.
Me-hoppen •'
Washington "
iiAUeil 20, 1803,
TVimiham Twivuship.
Eiton "
Monroe "
Overfiohi "
M A Keif 27, 1803.
Northuioreiaud Town-hi p.
Falls, •
Tunkhann. c-k •
iMAKCiI 28. 1803.
Tunkhannock Borough.
Ly order of the Commissionerg,
WM. F. TERRY,
Oommimoaen Offioe, Feb. 25tb, 1863. ° l * rk
; SHKRIFFS SA!b
BY VIRTUE OF WRITS OF FJFRJ D
issu .l out of the Comtof Cut llullltt
>V • on.lug Coui.-y. v tate of i r, a, ani s
will be exjs.-ed to public sale.tr the C-ua -'"H
the I; trough of funkhann .ck, in
ON SATURDAY, THE I4H I>AY Of Y
A. b ISGd, at 1-lock P. M , the
ed pr'-perly, to w it:
Alt of the -lefca l int's right, title a,,i in
and to Ml of .hit certain pb- ■ j,. r , pl ,
Lin' Sit.jiiu m.N .nbin-.eie; nt * *
County aud state of p. iinsyivania L
s.lined ag follows lo wi: I ' a6, i'4
, On the East by lands of I, .niug R a ,. e
. On the South by Ihi i of ticrg,. Jinir ,;
! On the Norrh by inis of WiPiam ii (a
On the West by !nds<H" !),.u;cl Culver
als.ut forty-live acres of land more or I
Tweii' v ;v. re* iher-of Improved, with a Sm'T' ,"*
j dwelling house. One Apple Orchard, m i si*.
I f-uit tre s (h tmii, tor-th r with the
thereto belonging. .Seize i■„ I' ikeu in .!
the -ii.t of Aaron Br-iwn vs Lo-.e.-t >. c,'. .
Acklcy and A. il .stark. "Lfiiajj
ALSO
All of the defeu I m s ri?ht, title an I int..
: and to ail >f tha eert.ii p, pi r -| * P '
land. Situate in Monroe Towns'iip, Wv,,. a ; r ,' r ! <
an 1 M ite t .f Pcnusvli ini x. L .unded aal'l '■***
■ as follow? to wit; v
| On the E st l<7 inn-h of Willi.ou M. A'p
Son:h bv lands of John t'h MI Willio
0.1 til- West by I II: Is r.i'Cr, , r lc-s S Herdinj
I North west and North by linis of .Stevens I)
! sod A mot ani 11-mu. >n's Creek. C' r u
j ate.nt one huri .red and six een u-rc.s i.f | IU 'd
less, about eighty ao.-.-s thereof iiupwjve>j. :
Log ilweii'iig hon e?, One liame ila.n V*
Cnb an | o'berout Bud iin r-. wi>b m apple , , 1,1
thereof. F-g ti-cr wi'h the app-.r ea-i-' •*'
Belonging Seized and taken iu execut on •
su't or Will-am M. Piatt rs f'n iriotre *
ministrutrix ai. I AO--HI L st.vooi adiniiu:-."
of John Eastwoo-i Utreund.
ALSO
All of Defend in'- ri hi. ritir. and interest B J
to all of l bat certain pice p tec! or tra, tof J
Si'u ite in i -11* Towa-hi*), Wv- ruing Caj-ut J
Mate of Peuosyi-.aula Boun-ied and dtscriicj
> follow- to nit: ' 1
B inn it d on rhe E -st by lands of J imc. H us;
On tec- S iiiili by lands of Ge .rge Var i.-ei,
Ou ihe V.'est by lands oi Fuller Si-.kier as.ll
ward Rozell.
| On ibe North by lands of Jam©-- IluEtznlljJ
j Eli| j', Containing iiVs-u' Tai ty-nine a .., CJ ,."J
j mate or e-s. with . Lout Twelr II res tiienxi J
j pr. vcl. w:r On-- •••■ .11 fri-me H >u-e. <i nv ?ni aI! f-J
lli aen (i.e ! rune Hag-boo- O: ';<, ij hl-tJ
son • other fruit tre- ther-on. Toge?},- r wi'f u
A; i-ur'i-i ->ri-a s thereto iw-forigii g. ij. j l4 ~j
in Exc- urioii it the Aui' >.t fulir Sickicr.rilU
ilstiew an-! Ei'zibe'b 11 't'eti.
j And will be Sol i for Cash onlv. bv
LEVI II - l EIMIhi.YS -W!
Flur. iff*- Oflli e. ) j
Tunkhann- . k. I"-b. i-' d (
—AN 0—
Ghop:
r H K -i .er i, i j-.-t :>. ■ .d at hi* to; J
- i li •uk.ii-. n's F ore, n
ME SHOP. 3 EN PAJ
:an 1 wili coat iiiiv ki cp o> hen.l a>l the latest
IMPROVED aXXffiG STOfl
An. ng which or the •- CALORIC." MIXBEi
j " T'M"N ' p .treiri?, w !h PTKLOit STaSEd
j listers ot eve ry leserif riou, which lie offer; fur
IREA 3P5.3
! ftt price? th it Will defy c'.iaiat <ti"n
li.s ?t IV i . •• > I Ig'-r 1 --l V It tha MiC ifit
I erst \ I,l' tN Y, Wil.Ki Si. SRLE. PIJ'VHtO
. nn i SCKANTON. He i- there:<-re cni-laiil
tl.c.ii Ufa smill g'ivan-e on the original cost
Tin, SHEET-1801,
AND-
Copper I Varc.
all kin 1? ->ti !i uiniia ; ila 11 or ier A!r>
PIPE, VVAfiOV A\lfkLElCl
MIIST.A foumaei:.
I
Tae popular Cookm . Move,
F rest O. !! ff n, J
| (Eievat-d iivsii) no-w fr tu ■ firat, offyrcii at
S'2o •>r 8 inch, 2o r-.i 9 ; nch,
! BEPAIB!NSAnB4OS3a
neatly . uu j r u.ytli dent.
nSNRY SrANSBfH
Mfsb ppon, Dee 17:h, IBt->2—c'.n.hiy.
Notice*
Is ttrttrßV civvy tut i HVVK i.r.rrul
|>o £ es?in of J. M. Dcpue, of WindhJsß
1 sorr -t hor—, ->ni one gray u> .r -, to be kept xb i
b Li n 'Junrig iny will cud i le.-sur- Ai fd
are fuibi I to moiest or ii lertc-io with the >
I lir.nntriin, Feb .'4ih, IStia.
EZRA KEEN]
TU NERVOUS SUFFERERS OF B®
A REVEREND GENTLEM VN HAVINGII
| rest. r. i to health in si few day?, after underf*
theu?ii 'lr ofinc "n I ir;- gaiar expensive nwi
tre.itniert -. irh. ut su --ess, i ofsi ;e.s it ial?gai-wi
ty to cotnrantii te to his -tfii -t-.a tellow •
i the mean* of cure If: " . i-n the recti
i tlrcc i ctivi bij?-, bp wiil sol. I (<><e) a c*^--
i - la i fo Dr Jonv M W
lt>B t niton Mreet, Brooklyn New \ink.
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