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• Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa.
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Block, Tioga street.
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noek l'a.
J". N757-. iLIIOTY3DS, 2M.
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Respectfully offers !.'- jrof >na! servh es to (lie
citizens of Tufikhtaao i; and vicinity. He can be
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Falls, Oct. 10, 1361.
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ming that they have located at Mehoopunv, where
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neir profession. May 1c found at his Drug .Staro
when not professionally absent.
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• 51. Institute, Cincinnati) would rcs|>octtully
announce to the citizens of Wyoming and Luzerne
Counties, that he c mtiniie- his regular practice in the
various departments of his profession. Slay ne found
at his office or residence, when rut professionally ab
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Chronic Diseas.
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WALL'S HOTEL7
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE,
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA.
rlllS establishment has recently been refitted and
furnished in the latecr stylo. Every attention
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■JO patronize tho House.
T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor.
Tunkhannoek, September 11, 1-61.
WORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESIIOPPEX, WYOMING COUNTY, PA
RILEY W ARN Eli, Prop'r.
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Wader the bouse an agreeable place ol sojoiiru for
who may favor it with their custom.
BILLY WARNER.
_Beptember 11 1961.
MAYNARB'S HOTEL,
ITNKHAN\( H K,
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JOII X MA Y X All D , Propi ietor.
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funkhauntek, recently oeciipicl by Riley
Warper, the pr.priet..r re-i.e.-tfuliy solicits a share of i
public patronage. The ll.mse has b *en thoiviughlv I
repaired, and the comforts ar. l aceomodations of aj
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" "ith their custom. September 11. 1961.
M. GILMATL
HCKLTICT
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MGILMAN, has permanently loc ited in Tuijk
• hanncek Borough, and respectfully tenders his
PMesuonal services to the citizcus of uus place and
"rrouadirig country.
ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS- f
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bee. 11, 1861.
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[ From the Curbondalc Advance ]
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.
BV STELLA, OE LACK AW AS A.
Fuppopc wo tal'c a ramble; Knto,
The hours propitious—so i~ f ite:
The violets star the path-bohov,
And warm the spring-tide breezes blow:
The neighbors might approve tho plan,
And —sure as I'm a living man,
There comes one of the strait-laced crew,
Dying to hear of something neic!
Suppose we take a ride or so,
Nor let the dear tlvo hundred" know
Which road we choose, or where we go,
If fly we fast, or jug we slow!
Oh ! they ~ill buy us wedding rings,
And other interesting things,
And nudge, and whisper, wink and blink,
And we are good as wed, they thiuk.
Suppose some meddling eyes divine
Your hand a moment elaped in mine!
I might have something nice to say,
And hold yon, lest you run away :
It might be at a social call —
It might be at a banquet-hall —
No matter —gossip will contrive
I pun the scantiest faic to thrive!
Suppose you slide your arm through mine
Some eve, when star- lbrgc-t to shine
To light us from the old church door —
At ten, or half an hour before !
" I told you so !"—"When wilt it be ?"
" Will they invite us—you and me?"
While no shrew 1 soul, as yet, disci vers
We never thought ofbeing lovers.
Suj jxj-e I smile across the street,
And tip my heaver, quite complete!
Or—should drop in to tea some day,
When tho " dear old folks" are away !
Gossip would don her best now bonnet,
With, "As I said —depend upon it!"
And whi.-.per to each fair bird caged.
" Don't tell I said so—they're engaged P'
phltd Sforji.
TISIJH TWO LOVEIIS.
A LEGEND OF THE MOHAWK.
BY W. WHIT WORTH.
We write of the olden time. Those days
! of yore, when, wlrerp now stands the thriv-
I ing village surrounded by its numerous farms
| of corn-clad fields, or town and cities of lar
ger growth, alone t r- •'! the fc-et of *the red
man—the savage denizen of the Wilderness—
I or roamed the scarce less savage wild beast
!of fte forest. These trying tines, anterior
to the'A morion Revolution, when hordes of
i Indians, in retaliation for the cruelties inflict
|ed upon them by the whites, continued an
! unceasing war of slaughter and depredation
j upon the frontier settlement, burning the
i dwellings, ind slaying alike the young and
! the aged with merciless barbarity,
i At this time, at a point the farthest ex
j tended of any of the frontier settlements of
! the Empire State, there were a few scatter
' ed log huts, situated at wide intervals apart,
| in one of which lived an old, grav-headed
i man, of the name of Hilton, with his wife
5 and only daughter; the latter a beautiful.
I fair-haired girl, about eighteen years of age.
i Mr. Hilton had moved from an older settle
ment to his present abode, some years he
i fore, at which time he had three up-grown
sons : (wo of whom had since perished in a
reconnoitre with the Indians, and the other
had fallen a victim to the fever, incident of
j life in a newly settled country. When he
j had followed the remains of his last son to
j the grave, he could have wished to return
i hack with the still surviving portion of his
family io their former place of abode ; hut so
severe was the shock in his parental feelings
at the loss of his children, that his hitherto
strong mind became suddenly feeble and in
ert, and h's future seemed changed from vig
orous activity to that of listless apathy.
A few months previous to the last bereave
men of Mr. Ililton, a young man, named
Lawrence Kerritt, took up his abode in the
settlement, with whose family Mr. Hilton
had been acquainted some years previously,
and through which circumstances he was
placed on a footing of intimacy with the Ilil
tons, from the moment of his 'appearance.—
He soon began to show marked attention to
the fair Eva, the old man's daughter, evinc
ing a strong wish to win her regard in re
turn. With slight success, however; for,
though site ever received him with the cheer
ful demeanor dun to her fathers guest, he
failed to impress her with a warmer feeling.
Not that she absolutely him, or that
there was anything in lfts and
manner to cause ropugnifjfe p e was tall
and manly, and had a cSutenanee both
pleasing and handsome, audhis address and
general behavior, when in her Bociet,y was
free and open—seeming to spring from a
kind and honorable disposition.
lie was more succesful iu gaining the pre
possession of Mr. Hilton and her brother,
who both expressed the pleasure it would
give them to have him become a member of
their family, he having at Login hinted his
wishes to that effect ;. though s* yet he had
refriined from to Eva.
Their relative pasitimfs contiuued thus,
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT.-Thoma fl Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1863.
until some time after the death of Eva's only
surviving brother, when Lawrence declared
bis intention of paying a visit to the dwelling
of his parents, then residing at a distance of
over a hundred miles. lie then formally
stated his hopes of becoming united to Eva
on his return, and begged Mr. Hilton to use
his tnlluence with his daughter in persuading
her to accept him. The latter replied that
ho would do so, but, at the same time, should
she express any aversion to the match, ho
would not attempt to force her against her
will.
Lawrence had easily seen that Eva had
felt the same indifference towards him as
ever, and had taken this plan as the most
probable means of iuliuonciug her feelings in
his behalf; so, her father being now so fee
ble as to be scarce able to provide their most
necessary wants, and that he would necessa
rily advert to the circumstances of how
much better would be their situation by re
quiring a son-in-law, who could perform the
most laborious duties of their clearing, her
love for the aged parents would induce her
to listen to the proposal more readily from
them than if he himself addressed her on
tho subject. And, doubtless, such would
have been the case; for she dearly loved
her parents, and would scarcely have shrunk
from any sacrifice by which thev might have
been benefited. Rut a circumstance shortly
after occurred, and before Mr. Hilton had
mentioned Lawrence's offer to Eva, which
changed the current of affairs, and effectual
ly crushed all hope of a union between them.
Eva had gone out into the woods to gather
some herbs, and had rambled to a considera
ble distance from the settlement, when, just
as she was about to retrace her steps home
ward, an Indian sprang from a thick hush
behind her aud seized her in his arms be
f ro she was scarce aware of his presence.—
Placing one hand upon her mouth, to pre
vent the piercing cries she instantly uttered
for help, lie raised her from the ground, and
began to walk rapidly in an opposite direc
tion from her home. Giving up all hope of
assistance, she offered one silent prayer for
mercy, and then lost ail consciousness of her
situation. \\ hen she recovered, she was re
cliniug upon the ground, with her head rest
ing upon the arm of a noble looking yoang
stranger, dressed in the garb of a hunter
whose rifle and bear skin cap were lying on
the ground at a short distance. A little to
the right lay the bodies of two Indians-, now
stretched motionless; one of whom had the
small round hole of a rifle bullet in the mid
dle oi his forehead, and the other, who was
the one who had borne Eva away, was dread
fully cut and stabbed, as with the blade of a
hunting knife. The circumstance occasion
ing this scene may he thus stated :
The young stranger was a resident of a
distant settlement,* and was now on a hunt
ing excursion, in company with tv.-o com
panions, from whom, in the ardor of their
chase after some deer, he had become sepa
rated ; and he was on his way toward a point
which they had mutually agreed upon as a
place of meeting, should circumstances arise
to part them, when he saw an Indian with
Eva unconscious in his arms, and another
advancing to meet him, a few yards distant.
Instantly raising his rifle to his shoulder,
he shot the latter through the brain, and
sprang towards the other, who, seeing his
companion fall, instantly dropped Eva to the
ground, and turned to confront his foe. A
short struggle ensued between them, from
which the hunter escaped unhurt; for, chanc
ing to seize the Indian's uplifted hand, in
which gleamed tho blade of a tomahawk he
had released from his belt, he delthim a suc
cession of severe stabs with a long hunting
knife, and thus saved Eva from a fate worse
than death.
lie accompanied his fair companion to her
home, and having collected all the male in
habitants of the village together, with the
two hunters, his companions, whom he had
again met, they started in pursuit of the rest
of the Indians, who it was considered, might
have accompanied the two who were killed >
hut after a search of two days they again re
turned without having succeeded in discov
ering any others of the tribe.
From this time the young stranger, whose
name was Ilargrave, became a constant visit
or at the house of Mr. Ililton, and soon won
the love of the fair Eva ; who loved him not
less for his courageous daring in her behalf,
than the after evidence of his inanly hearing
and great goodness of heart. From the first
he sectned to take, a kind interest in the wel
fare of their family, assisting her aged father
with an almost filial attention, and unasked,
performing the greater portion of the labor
of their clearing, with untiring assiduity.—
Before the return of Lawrence, he drew an
avowal of reciprocal attachment from the
lips of Eva, and gained the consent of her
father to a speedy union ; Mr. Hilton having
already spoken of the hopes of Kerrit to his
daughter, and received from her an assur
ance that she could net love him. Ilargrave
was to proceed to the home of his parents,
for the purpose of apprising them of his in
tended marriage, and make all the requisite
arrangements for a change of abode, as he in
tended to make that of Eva's his future resi
dence ; and as soon as hp returned the un
ion was place.
On the dayf rfcvioLS to his departure, Law-
rence returned to the settlement, and 60on
became aware of the change that had taken
place. Without appeariug to notice it, how
ever, he contiuued to visit the Hiltons, aud
with the exception that there was a strange
and unusual gleaming in his piercing black
eyes, his demeanor was the same as before.
Lut, about two weeks after the departure
of Ilargrave, as he chanced to meet Eva
alone, he at once addressed her with fleud
like fierceness, charging her with perfidity
towards him, and in conclusion, as he seized
her rudely by the arm, pressed his lips close
to her ear, and* swore, in hissing words of
startling hatred, that he would have most
bitter revenge.
And he kept his word.
M hen Eva left him, feeling more dead
than alive, she staggered towards home,
scarce conscious of existence ; for there had
been such a world of deed hatred expressed
in his flushed countenance, and such mean
ing emphasis in his fiercely uttered words,
as almost froze the blood within her veins.—
She did not impart the interview to her pa
rents, fearful that the shock it might occas
ion would be too much for their now enfee
bled minds. She would await the return of
Ilargrave—he would protect her.
***** * *
At length Ilargrave neared the settlement,
buoyant with hopes of soon clasping the dear
Eva to his breast, and calling her his own
bright wife forever. As Ilargrave neared
tho beacon of his dearest hopes, he trod to
the greensward with a lighter tread, and al
most quickened his pace to a run.
Reaching a point where the road took a
sharp turn, and beyond which the dwelling
of the Hilton's could easily be distinguished,
he bounded past the the projection, and cast
a quick glance toward the home of his loved
Eva. Suddenly he stopped, and passed his
hand twice or thrice across his forehead, like
one becoming bewildered.
"My God !" he exclaimed, " what has
happened !" and again started forward with
fearful speed. The next moment l:c uttered
a cry of keen agony, and fell his full length
on the ground. Where should have stood
the dwelling of his bride, now lay a mass of
charred embers, and from the blackened heap
still arose the thin, white smoke of the still
smouldering fire beneath.
When Dargrave p.t length retrained his
consciousness there v. as a look of such keen
anguish depicted on his couutenauce as no
pen could possibly describe. The whole char
acter of hisi.ee seemed changed. "V\ here
once shone nought hut looks of kindness, now
gleamed the pale, unearthly flashing of des
pair. Not a muscle moved—he stood, with
clenched hands—his eyes fixed intently upon
the ruined home, .md his now bloodless lips
pressed between Lis teeth, pale and immova
ble as a marble statue. Then a change
came over him. He raised his right arm to
ward Ileavca, and his frame shook convul
sively, while his lips moved in utterance of
the hitter thoughts within. "Tie next mo
ment he rushed towards the hut of the near
est settler, with the wild look and energy of
a maniac.
From an aged female, tho only occupant of
the dwelling, he was told that all tho iilale
settlers had started, early ia the morning, in
pursuit of the flenda who had sammittcd the
inhuman act, and that they had not been
heard from sinco. As to whether any or all
of the Hilton family had been killed or burn
ed, it was not known, as their log dwelling
was a heap of ruins when first discovered.
Providing himself with a few necessaries
for his journey, he grasped his rifle ar.u start
ed in pursit. Having returned to the dwell
ing, he struck on the trail of the numerous
footsteps from that point, and rapidly strode
through the forest. As he pursued his on
ward journey, the woods became more and
more dense, till at length the broad, beaten
track dwindled to a narrow pathway, scarce
wide enough to avoid striking the numeroua
interweaving branches which projected out
ward at every step.
Not once did he check his speed till the
gray tints of the morning broke the gloom
around, when he stopped behind a small
brook, and after quenching his parched thirst
with a long draught, he bathed his burning
temples in the stream, and again continued
on. He now directed his course towards a
point of tho Mohawk, where that stream, at
the present day, is almost joined by the bank
of the Erie canal, and which ho knew to be a
favorite ol the Indians, and
where he probable that those who
committed tl<e outrage on the Hilton's dwell
ing would he likely to go ; for he bad given
up all thoughts of being able to foHow the
correct trail, so numerous were the footprints
and so frequently did they diverge in oppo
site directions.
Again the shades of night gathered around
him, yet still he continued on, apparently un
mindful of fatigue, and with the same wild
gleaming of his eye, as when he stood on the
ruins of his loved one's home. And at length
as the dawn of another day gilded the east
ern horizon, he reached the falls of the Mo
hawk, foot aire and weary, aud his strength
utterly exhausted. Almost faliiug to the
ground, he lay beneath a low, rocky projec
tion, and was the next moment fast asleep.
The scene around where he thus for a time
lay buried in forgetfulness was inexpressibly
wild and grand. To the right, aud along the
line where now runs the Erie Canal, extend
ed in a succession of low hills, whose undul
ating surfaces were clothed with the bro.rn
hued verdure autumn—long, thick grass,
patched and dropping from the effects of a
burning sun, intermixed with numerous beds
of wild flowers, whose leaves were withering
and strewing the ground with every passing
breeze. Here and there grew innumerable
bushes of brier and rose-tree, and in their
midst, like the geni guardians of the scene
pointed up all the tall aud graceful trunk of
the poplar, the wide-spread sycamore, or the
guar led and rugged limbs of the aeorned mo
narch of the forest. Opposite to these hills
rises a steep, conicle shaped mountain, and
on the other side of the Mohawk as far as
the eye can reach, extends the darkling gloom,
of almost impenetrable woods—the growth
of centuries long since past. Immediately
opposite to the point where Ilargrave lay,
the river emerged from the forest shade, arid
after rippling over a continuous surface of
granite rocks, whose rough and craggy bed
juts out into a a thousand fantastic shapes,
falls down a distance of nearly a hundred
feet, into a wide, deep basin below. This b;i
sin, which countless floods have hollowed out
from the solid rock forms a wide circuit of
considerable extent, with a narrow opening at
the farther end, through which the pent-up
stream rushes fiercely—dashing white foaiu
against the sides, and which the water has
long since worn as smooch as a wall of po
lished masonry. But the most striking fea
ture of this nature basin i 6 a sharp, eras -v
*7 "OSJ
point of rocK, winch juts out from the side
fronting tue tails, and overhanging petq endic
ular descent still greater than the distant
still previously mentioned. The water be
neath the cliff is still deep, aud clear as a
crystal spring.
At a short distance from the upper peak of
tee rock, and extending along each si de for a
considerable distance, v. as a low, overhanging
ridge of granite which formed a natural path
way towards tho edge of the basin; and it
was beneath the shelter of the turning point
of one of these, where Ilargrave lay ; and from
whence a good view could be had of the open
space lying between that situation and the
surrounding woods.
To return to the sleeper. lie had lain thus
for several hours, when he was awakened by
hearingthe shriek of a female ; and on sudden,
ly raising his head from the ground, he behe'd
that which caused his blood to course through
his veins in wild fury, and his frame to trem
ble with inexpressible emotion. Round the
co.i.e. Oi t.ie point, cn tue opposite suo of
the path-way, and at a distance of about a
hundred feet was his ie,-ed Eva, struggling to
free herself from the Lands of Lawrence Iver
rit; and beyond, just within the edge of the
woods, were some twenty or thirty Indians,
nil duly equipped for war. In a moment
Ilargravc's rifle was raised to his shouider,
and, quickly lowered he eouh: not shoot Law
rence witnout endangering the life of Eva.
Grinding his teeth with hitter agony, he
crouched upon the grass, his keen eye bent
towards the villian for whose Mood he'now
thirsted with almost demon like ferocity, fur
the moment he rnigh t venture to fire. Twice
he had taken deadly turn, and as often would
the form of Eva become the shield of the fiend
who had burned her father's dwelling, and
caused her parent's death. He was about
to raise his rifle for the third time, when the
fair girl escaped from the grasp of Kerritt,
and hounded toward the placo where Iler
grave was crouching, wilh the speed of a star
tled fawn. Running on, with her dishevelled
hair streaming in the wind, she gained the
extreme point of the jutting crag, aud stood,
overhauling the stream below, with pahj
face and detemdnd mien, which plainly told
the firm resolve she had formed, should Law
rence again attempt to seize her; and so quick
had all this been accomplished that Ilargrave
lay bewildered, and almost without power to
move. Rut when she reached the cliff, and
he could read the meaning of her eye's proud
flash, he sprang to his feet, and uttering th e
single word Eva, turned to Kerritt, who was
standing at but a few paces dietant, with a
look of deep and terrible meaning. Quick as
light, he again raised his rifle, and pulled the
trigger—the next instant flung it to the
ground with a passionate gesture, ami draw
ing his hunting knife, sprang towards his foe.
In his eager anxiety he had knocked the prim
ing from the pan, and had been, in conseque
nce, unable to fire.
The sudden apparance of Ilargrave, as tho'
rising out of the earth, had for an in
stant completely paralyzed the energies of
Lawrence ; but when he saw him spring to
wards him, with the huge knife brandished
'n his grasp, he made a step backwards, and,
pulling a pistol from his belt, 6hot the former
through the heart.
Mingling with the sound of that fatal shot,
there went forth a shrill agonizing cry from
the bursting heart of Eva, as she clasped her
hands above her head, with a look of unut
terable anguish. But the next moment,
seeing Lawrence stealing towards her, she
cast one look towards Heaven—her quivering
lips moved to and fro convulsively—uttered
the name of her miurdered'lover, and sprang
from the rock down to the deep watere he
low !
During the foregoing scene the Ineians had
gradually approached, and they had just
reached to within a few feet of the pathway,
I TEHMS : si.so FEn ANNTTM
when the sharp crack ofa dozen rifles—whose
swift mesaeugerß of death 'laid as many of
ICU men in tho dust—echoed through the
woods. The reet shoufe# wil* t war
whoop, and turned to confront the foe. The
next instant twelve more of their remaining
number lay beside their fallen companions.
There were but eight now loft, and Kerrit,
who stood shaking with terror, as he saw a
dozen settlers advancing swiftly toward theou'
Escape was in vain ; they wore completely
hemmed about on every hand. The rocky
piecipice was in their rear, and fierce foemen
in front. Short was the struggle—in a few
n-. mutes tho Indians all lay dead unon the
ground, and Kerritt was a prisoner ; for the
settlers had shown the determined purpose
of taking him alive.
Uu oar readers wish to know the prison*
er s fate ? It would freeze your blood with
horror. Suffice to say that it was terrible*
idle body o( Eva, was recovered and laid in
a grave beside her lover. And the rock from
which she sprang, to escape a late far worse
ti in death, isi to this day called THE HOCK OF
THE TWO LOVERS.
pisaltaw.
AN INCIDENT OF THE PRESENT 1 '
WAR.
R.i one ol our beautiful suburban cemeteries
..s employed up io a week ago, a venerable
m: i ior a number ol years past ire has pne-
L d r 1 tea List resting place for those called
u oru among us. Though poor he raised four
gp.i.ant boys, giving to each of them a moder
ate education and a good trade. The two eld
er went five yearn ago to New Orleans,'
where prosperity atended their industry!
The two younger brothers remained with
their father. George aud Fredeick wer their
nantcs. Ihe latter is but seventeen years of
age. When the war- broke out. both left
thoir employments and enlisted. The elder
brothers had constantly written home, aud
frequent dresents accompaned teir letters—
At the battle of Frederick bug, iu the very
front of the line, at the church upon the rile
! pits at the back of the town, were the two
boys i rederick and George. A sortie was
made by the rebel rifleman upon the retreat
ing federals, and among those who dropped
were the two boys, the youngest sons of the
old grave digger. A ininie bail bad pierced
the bodies of each.
'ihe rebel ad J.ers,whose weapons had done
tr.e deed, wore ciad in rags of linsey They
ran with alacrity to secure the clothing, the
canteens, and peiiiap s the money of the men t
whom they hau laid low. The foremost one
reach - I the <">dy of his dead enemy, turned
it over—for the face was downward—ahd to i
h:s horror beheld the corpse of hi* youngest
brother, uis woelen shirt stained with a stream
of blood that oozed from a bullet hoie above
the heart. Oar informant, a chaplain of the
army, could ted us nothing ol the other rebel
brother, lint this one made his way into the
Union Imes and is now in the hospital at •
Alexandria a hopeless maniac. We learn
that in thoir childhood this youngling of the
flock hud been the especial charge of the eld
est brother. Vv hen he left for New Orleans
it was iu expectation of entering business to
to which he could bring up the boy. That
bey ho lived to shoot dwwn with his own
> hands. Unless the rcmamg rebel brother sur
vive, the family are now extinct. Lbe fath
er died of a broken heart, and was buried last „
last Sunday. This is a simple statement of
tacts. It is .oubtbss ono of ten thousand
never to be written. Before infinite Purity,
who is to answer lor them I—Phila. N. Am
erican, Saturday.
SOUND* ADVICE.
Let us not be over-curious about the failings
of others, but take account of our own;
let us bear in mind the
excellencies of other men while we reckon up
our own faults, for shall wo be well-pleasing
to God. For he who looks at the faults of oth
ers, and at his own excellences, is injured in
two ways ;by the latter he is earned up to '
arrogance, through the former he falls \nfo
listlessness. For when he prcceives th&t
such an one hath sinned very eas'ly he will
sin himself when he preceivcs that ts'in aught
excelled, i cry easily he becomoth arrogant,
lie who consigns to oblivion his own excellen
ces and looks at his failings only, whilst ho
is curious inquirer into the excellences, not
the sins of others, is profitable in many way.
And how? I will tell you. When he sees that
such an one hath done excellently, he is rai
sed to emulate the same ; when lie sees that
he himself hath sinned, he is ren lered humble
and modest, fi we act thns—if we thus regu
late ourselves—we shall bo able to obtain the
good things wioh wo are promised, and in all
our ways wo will a:bnowledg God— St. thry*
sorton.
—■.
The N. Y. Kv-prtss thinks that af
ter the description w shall seo women
here,as cm the continent of Europe, plough
ing hoeing, digging, fishing, wood-chopping,
mining, etc.
JEST At the rate muslin is advancing
:in price how long will it be till the peo
ple will be compelled to fall back on the
| fig leaf :•) steiu of Adam and Eve !
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