ihe 3)otfh f ranch Democrat. BAHVEY SICKZJER, Proprietor.] NEW SERIES, Hortl] Brand) ftemocrat A weekly Democratic _ BY HARVEY StCKLER. Terms—l copy 1 year, (in advance) *1.50 If not pain within six months, 52.00 will be charged ADVERTISING. 10 lines orl , 1 1 l | less, make three \ four < two | 'three ) six I one one square weeks weeks'mo'th^rno'th mo'th^year 1 Squire 1 00; 1,25? 2.25! 2.97 3 00; 5.00 2 do. 2.00 250 3.25< 3 50! 4.501 6.00 3 do. 3,00] 3.75? 4.75 5.50? 7.00? 9.00 i Column. 4,00! 4.50? 6 50; 8,OP; 10.00; 15 00 i do. 6.00! 7,00? !0 00' 12 00? 17.00J 25.00 ( do 8.00 : 9.50 s 14.00; 18,00? 25.00 35 00 1 do. 10.00.12,00? 17,00 22 i' 0,23,00 40,u0 Business Card 9 of one square, with paper, $5 0*033 WOR.K of all kinds neatly executed, and at prices to suit the times. Utisiitrss gota. BACON STANP.-NICIIOISOU, P,.-C L JACKSOX, Proprietor. fvln49tf] HS. COOPER. PHYSICIAN A SFRGEOX • Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa. GEO. S. TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW Tunkhannock, Pa Office in Stark's Biick Block, Tioga street. WJ W. M. PIATT. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Of- W fice in Stark's Brick Block, Tioga St., Tunk nannoik, Pa. R~"e. AS. W, EITTI.E ATTORNEY'S AT. LAW, Office on Tioga street, Tunkhannock Pa AR V F. Y Tc KI I E R, if TOR NE Y AT LAW and GENERAL INSi'RANCE AGENT Of fice. Bridge street, opposite Wall's Hotel, Tunkhan nock Pa. DR. J. C. CORSF.I.IUS. HAVTNG LOCAT ED AT THE FALLS, WLL promptly att.n l all calls in the line of his profession —may !>e found at Beemcr's Hotel, when not professionally absent. Falls, Oct. 10, 1861. I>K. J. C BECKER A: Co., PHYSICIANS Si SURGEONS, Would respectfully announce to the citizens o r Wy raing that they have located at Tunkhannock wher hey will promptly attend to all calls in the line of neir profession. May be found at his Drug Storo when not professionally absent. JM. CAREY, M. P.— (Graduate of the 3 • M. Institute, Cincinnati) would respectfully announce to the citizens of Wyoming and Luzerne Counties, that he c witinucs his resrulnr practice in the various departments of his profession. May nc found at his office or residence, when not professionally ab ent Particular attention given to the treatment Chronic Diseas. entremoreland, Wyoming Co. Pa.—v2n2 WALL'S HOTELT LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/ TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA rHIS establishment has recently been refitted and furnished in the latest style Everv attention will be given to th comfort and convenience of those wjo patronize the Houe. T B. WALL, Owner anl Proprietor. Tunkhannock, September 11, 1361. MAYNARD'S HOTEL, TUN K H W'NOCK. WYOMINO COUNTY, PENNA. JOHN MA Y \ AR D , Proprietor. HAVING taken the Hotel, in the Borough o Tunkhanncok. recently occupied by Kilcy Warner, the proprietor respectfully soli its a shire of public patronage. The House has ben thorough!* repaired, an 1 the comforts and accomodations of a first class Hotel, will be found by all who may favor t with their custom. Septetnbe' 11, 1861 NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESHOPPKN, WYOMINO COUNTY, PA Win. H. CORTRIGHT, Prop'r HAVINO resumed the proprietorship of the above Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to •eßder the house an agreeable pl<-e ot sojourn for HI who may favor it with their enstoin. Win II (CKTRIHIIT. Jim" iYI. GILiVIAiN, \/T GILMAN. has permanently located in Tunk lVX bannock Borough, and respectfully tenders bis professional services to the citizens of this place and urrounding country. ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS FACTION. Office over Tutton's Law Office near th e Pos Tffiee Dec. 11, 1861. TO PI ervouh sufferers of both SEXES. A REVEREND GENTLEMAN HAVING BEEN restored to health in a few days, after undergoing all the usual routine and irregular expensive modes of treatment without success, const-leu p his sacred du ty to communicate to fa is afflicted fellow creatures the means or cure Hence, on the receipt of an ad dressed envelope, lie will send (free) a copy of the prescription used Direct to Dr John M Dagvaxl, 168 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York v2n24ly Limb for farmers, as a fertilizer for sale at t" VERNOY Meshoppen. Sept. 18 1861 JYSMITH, M. D, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, • Office on Bridge Street, next door to the Demo crat Office, Tookhannock, Pa. Freeh Ground Platter tn Quantities and at priooe to oit purchasers, now for sale a wfaoppen oj t. Mo war J* poet's Corner. SUNBEAMS 'MONfI THE SHADOWS. There are sunbeams 'mong the shadows, There are diam nis ir the sky, There are flowers in the darkest wild, And a hope in every sigh ; And they say each cloud has a sunny side, A noon the darkest night, And the angel guides to heaven Are never out of sight. Then why should fainting heart despond, Or lose its wonted calm, When, if it were but sought aright, Each grief might have its balm ? Let us seek to find the sunbeams When shades about us crowd, And look, when blows the tempest, For the rainbow in the cloud. Let us learn 10 follow meekly Wbeie the angel-guide shall lead, And strive to shun all error Of practice or of erred . Then the spirit of Contentment Will be ever near to bless. And on earth's sunny side we'll find Our haven of happiness. MY HOME. BY D W. M. I have passed thro' climes more charming Than the green igle of my sires, I hav felt of joys mure Warming Than the heart of fires; I've partook of sorrow's sadness. 'Mid scenes of saddest woe, But ever have I turned in gladness To my home of long ago. I have seen the sunshine gleaming Through clouds of deep dispair. I have felt true friedsliip beaming 'Midst sorrow and 'midst care; All the pleasure I have known That a mortal now can show, But my heart in joy has flown To mi home of long ago. £kUct JStoru. CARRIE'S CHOICE. BY DAISY H .WARD. A room in a fashionable New York Hotel, a handsome, middle-aged woman, busily sew ng upon a dress of some fleecy white mate rial; a plain girl, sewing >n ditto, and ave r\ beautiful young girl standing before a nnrror, brushing out the most magnificent golden-brown hair I ever saw—long, glossy, and waving. She flung it petulantly back. " 0 dear ! it is so long and heavy, I wish it wert all cut off." " No, you don't either ; and what's the use of saying so ?" said the plain girl, al most crossly. "That's one of your greatest beauties." ,l A beautv that you dou't possess said her a ieptnother, tauntingly. The piain girl burst into tears, when the beauty ihrew d"wn her brush, and flew over to where the girl sat weeping and, fli.iging her arms r>und her neck, said: " N'>w, maonna, tliat is too bad. TTcster'- hair is real pretiy ; it is soft and glossy, and I love it and her. ' Ami she ki -serf soft I v 'he shining but thin hair of hi r stepsister. "Wi at a simple thing you are, Carrie! You ,-poil lie- er." H. ster dried eyes qniekly. " You are a good girl, Carrie, and if moth er would only let you alone, you will be a haopy woman." 4> Indeed, Miss Lester ! where did you get our f >r.*-ig t ?" " Hush, inatnina, please, f >r tny sake" Car re whispered. The wornm's sour fice softened as she looked into the leauliful face of the s|>eakei. Peace being restored, Carrie went back to the gla-s, and began c -quitting with her own I vely face and form, holding a part of a blip- Iress up tn her far this express pur pose. Now, hiiTj up and get dressed." Carrie sighed heavily, and Hester echoed the sigh. The ladies had an audiance of two that they little dreamed of. In the room adjoin "TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "-Thomas Jefferson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14, 1863. ing sat two gentlemen, who had arrived in the metropolis that very afternoon, and were to leave for Philadelphia by five o'clock.— The elder of the two was Aleck Summer field, a man worth half a million ; the other was his poor cousin, Aleck Thornton—both Englishmen. The vemilat >r over the com municating uoor being open, they had heard the ent re c >nversauun. '• Whew ! A'eck. What an old virago!" " And what a swe t girl, AI ! I heard her kissing that poor Hester; and then how kindly she spoke !" "Yes; but tbat old woman has spoiled her." •' I doubt it. Al, lam sorry we are going away so so< n, we might have seen her at ta ble, or in the dressing-rooms.'' " Ah-ck, I have an idea. 'Ye have formed no plans for t e sum ner— suppose we go to Cape May, and ee how this sweet Carrie carries out her work by her mother's plan*." "That would he splendid, Al. I know who tlu Blaisdales are, too. He has a cous in doing business in London, whose acquain tance I made last summer. They are a very good family." So it was agreed, and that very evening Sumuierfii-id wrote and engaged rooms at Congress Had. Ttiey tarried in Philadelphia but t.vo days, and arrived at Cape May one day in advance of the Blaisdales They sat watching the artivals, wondering il the par y they were expecting had or would c 'me. A carriage dri wup at the door, Iron which allighted a gentleman and lady of middle age, then a dark-e\ed, dark haired woman, and, las ly, a vailed figure in ■i fawn col .red dress Just at lhat moment a gentleman came up. " Ha, Blaisdale ! have you arrived ; and is Mr-. B along and Jennie ?" "Y. ; tliei have gone in. Carrie Lestei is wnli us. G - in and see them." W i arc all ugh' now, Aleck ; nothing to do but be presented to Pappy Blai-dale, and hmugh turn to tlie ladies. At any rate, we wdl see the parly at dinner. Come, let Us go and * fu-s up,' as the women folks av.- iVe will follow tlie 11 lends to their chamber " " W nai ads you, Aleck, man ? You seem lu fe in a drea:u " "I am just : Linking whether this young girl will have purity of heart enough to choose her own distiny, or if she will be guided by ner worldly mother. Al, 1 some times wish I did not own a dollar, for, if I ever marry, I Rhould then know that my wife li ved me ; and you know love is as great a nece-sity of my nature as it is of any wo man'.-. Al, suppose, just for a change, that you beAleck Summerfield, whilst I am your poor cousin. We have not exchanged words with any one since our arrival here, and nimne knows which is which. I would like to try this fair Carrie." "Agreed —I am in for it It w : l! be rather pleasant than otherwise to be a person ot importance for once But if the girl should fall in love with me or my money, or if any one should know us ?" "No danger of that. Though the house of Suinun rfield & S n is well-known here, T am an entire siran-jer ; and even if it should be discovered in the end, it will merely pass for a rich man's whin " At dinner, they saw the B'ai'dale party. " Which, 1 wondi r, is the fair Carrie ?" "Oil, I hope Ike beautiful girl with the blue eyes and splendid brown hair " " They are both lieauulul, A eck." " Ye.- ; hut I do not fancy the-e haughty, dars ht-atiti<6." Later, Mr Summerfield said, carelessly, to mine hosi of the Congress : •' Who are the ladies with Mr. Blaisdale?" " The tall, daik lady is Ins daughter—a widow. Tn other is aM ss Lester, of New York." Mr. Blaisdale and a f. iend stood exatnin ing the register. Aleck Suininerfi dd.' I wonder if thai is of Sumnerfield & Son, tlie great English uuporting-liouse ?" " Y s. I'll he hound it is. Johnston wrote me a month ago that Mr Summerfield and a cousin of his had sai'ed for America. I should like to make his acquaintance.— Johnston says he is a capital fellow." That evening, the cousins rode out in an elegant open carriage. When they returned, they alighted near where Mr. Blaisdale sat smoking a cigar. He who for the present personated Ahck Suraim-rfield, managed to drop a fine cambric handkerchief on which | was written, "Aleck Snramerfield." Here I was an opening He lifted it, and walked to where the owner stood talking to his cou-in "I beg yonr pardon. Sir, but you dropped this but a moment since. Tne name on it is somewhat familiar I have a cousin. Albert Johnston, of the firm of Johnston and Lang don, in London, who has often mentioned the name written upon this handkerchief " "Ah, Sir! I have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Johnston, and am happy in making 'he acquaintance of any friend of his. Mr Blaisdale, I believe ?" " The same, air." " Allow me to present my ousin, Mr. Thornton," sa'd the unblushing man.' " I am hapDV to have met you, gentlemen. I was just going to rejoin my wife and daugh- ter, and should bp happy to have you accotn pany me, if agreeable. Here was a "consummation devoutly to be wished." Thornton whispered, slyly : " You lucky dog !" And Aleck blessed Blaisdale in his heart. Aleck Soininerfield was charmed with the fair Carrie* Her beauty and winning ways were jus suited to the wo: Id wearied man; and ere the evening closed, be bad determin ed. il wooing would bring it to pass, she would be his wife. Thornton, in all the grandeur of his new found wealth, played the devoted to the hangl ty dark-eyed widow. Aftir this came fr.quent meetings, and long, delicious walks on the beach, with SUtlirnerfield's proud head bent I .w over the woman he was fast learning to love. Tune passed on, and there came a time when low, tender words were spoken, and Carrie listened unconsciously, as it were, forgetting in the new feelings lhat were creeping into her heart, that she was to make a wealthy- marriage. Like ma ny another wotnan, she loved bef rw she dreamed of danger; not that she was suscep ible, or given to loving this one or thai, but beeause it was her fate. Until now, Carrie Lester had never loved. But the spell that conquers us all, and without which life would scarcely he worth living, was upon her ; and so she looked in to Suinim-rfield's calm, darn eyes, and lis tened whilst he talked, in his pleasant way. of life and its nee Is—its pleasures and duties, w-.nderi.ig all the while why he was so un like other men. Then she would go to her room and think it all over again and agam, thinking of hei mother's commands with a sinking heart This niaht, she sat down bv the open win dow, and lo..kts 1 out over the sea. Two f.-rms passed fr.un the hotel down toward the beach It wis Smn uerfiel 1 and Ins c .usiii. The tair face flushed even in the moonlight, and s.ie watched till they passed beyond her sight ; then, bowing her head, her lips formed a prayer tlia. G d would un dertake for her, so that she might be happy through her coming life. Thus surely does a woman's b.ve uplift and purify her heart. The door opened s " Star-gazing Carrie ? or dreaming of your handsotn Aleck, which 7 You are foolish, Carrie. Why d<.n't y<>u fall in h.ve with the handsome Sutnmcrfkdd and his half a mill ion ?" "I do not think him near so handsome as Mr. Thornton. He is good looking, certain ly ; but I like dark strong, brave-looking men. I—" " Ob, you do. Has it gone so far 7" u You are foolish, Canie II I didn't love Tom, i would secure him for tuyself; that is, if I oould." u leß, but you do love Tom, J, nnie." " Y.-S, I love hun, though he is only a I-O T author, and would marry hun if he didn't own a second coat." " What will your mother say, Carrie, to your l-.ving this poor cousin ?" " flush, Jennie dear." The hp- that spoke were very white; see ing which Jennie threw hr arms around tier, and said, tenderly J " j'ist tell you what, Carrie, if Aleck Thornton ask- you to be his wile, and you love him. marry hiin. If you love hun, mind ; for oh. a loveless 01 irria'e is, of all thing-, the most uiisenbe! Ti live with % man f r whom you hive nnrely t negative s rt o' liking, or whom you like as you would a brother - sister, or any other dear friend, doing your duty to and hv hun, becau-e u is your dutv and you c iuld n t be hippy else ; t< sit opposite this mo at table three hun dred ami six y five days 111 the year, and thi every year of your life; then some i.me or other, comes the hour if the fieari's awaken ing ; for come it will—the heart, will assert its rigrits, and you meet tluf other sell when, perchance, it is too la'e. On, cover your face and pray, for then comes the anguish and the pain, the pas-ornate love lor soine one sud lenly uiet, the expres-ion of wmch would be sin—the very feeling of which is sin. Then comes the spirit battles, the re grets, and the effort to teach the heart for ge" fulness. You mu-t banish the face that comes between you and the other face that you have vowed to love, honor, and obey— between you and everything under the blue sky. But the face will not 6tay away, and and the thoughts will not stay away; and in the end you will have to bind your heart with a tripple cham, and cast it into the back clos et in your-out, and lock the door upon it, and fling the key far, far away, so that you can never find it. Ttien a pale, 6ad Woman moves through her home, with an unspoken prajerever folded in between mute lips— iha> God would strengthen her to do right only that. This never happens where the heart makes its own selection. Let poverty, toil, and s >rrow c>me, it matters not, the l"Ve each started with, when the j urney began, lasts to the end. There is nothing but sorrow comes of matches made by pa rents and friends. Carrie, never marry a man unless you love liiin dearer than ought else on earth—lather, mother, sister, or brother." Carrie's blue eyes had been growing larger aid larger, and when her friend paused fur breath, she said, faint'y: " Why, Jennie, what does ail you 1 What do you know of all this V "I know enough, Carrie. Oh, I know how it all comes about. Friends are anx ious—it will be a splendid match, wealth, position, influence, nil of which are as fleet ing as g dream ! They arrange it ail for you; and von, knowing nothing of the great nec essity of your life, think it is all righ." " O, Jennie dear, c n it be that yuu have suffered tint- V '• No uiu'ter as to that, Carrie, I h>ve you darling, and I have warned you!" And turning abrubtlv, she left the room. Carrie looked after her in sorrov and, atnaZe. She knew that Jennie was married when almost a child ; thai people ha I said Colonel Andrews was very wealthy, and Jen nie Blaisdale bad ma lea splendid match, etc. Poor Jennie ! II id she lived wiih the dark browed Colonel all ihe*e years, feeling only i lie cold |< ve she had spoken of 1 Had she loved Tom, when such love was sin ? Poor Jennie ! Oh, what can one ever do in this world with one's heart 1 It so happened that one evening. Aleck and Carrie sat in the shadow, at the end of the verandah, far from the bright lights arid mer ry hearts in the drawing-room. They were both silent. Aleck wan thinking, ana Carrie listening to the sea and to the sound of voices and laughter coming up musically from the moon lighted beach Aleck laid his arm ten derly around her, and drew the brown head down up .n his shoulder. After a little while he said, qmetly : " Carrie darling, I love you ! Will you be my wife?" Then he waited for her reply. " O Aleck !" That was all. Then the w ndrous story was told, which has been listened to manv a time and oft," not alone on the rialto, but in mansion and palace, hamlet and town ; all over the length and breadt hof the earth. Listening to the wondrous story. Carrie forgot her mother, and promised to be his wife. " There is a lady in the reepption-room wisi.es to see you, Mr Blaisdale; here is her car I," Mr. Blaisdale was talking to Carrie's lover as the servant handed the card. Blaisdale looked at the card. Mrs. George. Lester. There it was plain as day. '• Confusim ! What on earth brought her here ? Poor Carrie ! Excuse me a moment Thornton, M iss Lester's mother has arrived." Alecks heart beat high as he saw a large, handsome woman cross the verandah with Mr. Blaisdale. A few moments later, lie heatd him say to Jennie, who at that moment crossed tne hall ; "Mrs. Lest.r is here. Sue Manners told her a long htory about Carrie refusing the at u ntionsof the weaitfyMr. Summerfield, and taking up with his pour cousin. It was all spue-work with Sue. They passed beyond hearing, and Aleck moved resolutely toward the private parlor adj ining Carrie's room. He heard a loud angrv voice and Carrie's pleading tones. " Mother, I could not help loving him, and I have promised to be his wife." "Fool land you refus d Mie weal'hy Mr. Summerfield for this dependant, on his boun ty." " Who told you mother ?" "Sue told mo. she heard him offer him sell' to you with her own ears." " Mother, 1 could not love htm." •' Well, you can prepire to go home with me in the next b- at, winch leaves in just one hour." " 0 mother, not so c onn. Mr. Thornton i away,and I uiust see Inui bid. re I leav>-." " 1 will not wait one hour. lam glad he is aay ; it is fortunate." There came a knock at the door, and Mr. Thornton entered. Carrie prang toward him. " 0 Aleck ! A'eck 1" The fail Al.cki-ei Mrs. Lester almost wild by putting bis arm round Cai rie, and drawing her close to his breast. " Remove your arm from about ray daugh ter, Sir. I—" " Madaui, she is my promised wife. I have come to ask her forgivencs- for deceiv ing her as to my name and station. Carrie darling, lam not Aleck Thornton. Can you love me by another name as well?" Carrie grew deadly pale, and half with drew herself from bis embrace. Was he not her A'eck then? She loved the name of Aleck—she had grown to love it and him, and by any other name she could never love him so well. ''And pray, S r, who may you be, that have thus tried to win my daughter's love under a false name ?" " Ladv, I aiu Aleck Summerfield, and my cousin is Aleck Thornton. Wo wore both called after my father. I had a fancy for be ing I'Ved f.r myself alone, and I coaxed my cousin into bearing the burden of my weath f>r a little while. I hope, Madam, my half a million will be no detriment in your eyes." It is not worth while to record the lady's answer; we can all imagine what it was Carrie stood sheltered by those string arms, with cloaed eyes and tremulous lips, that, kept whispering softly: ITERMB: 81.QO PER ANXTJX " Thank G >d ! lhank Gd !'' Not for the money, but because be was her Aleck still, and became she was at liber ty t hive him just a she choose. We all know very well that if we learn to love a "Charley'' or " Willie," or eTen "Sandy," we wouldn't like to find, after all, that hifl name-was John or Piter. 1 hen came days when the skies were bluer than they ever were bef..re,and the sunshine was more golden, and the birds sang sweeter. Then there was a wedding in Grjce Cnurch and the solemn crown of wifehood descended upon the of Carrie Lester. MAKING A LIVING, It is said in ihe day of perplexity, when ivery one tnuM have money and there is no uioney to be had, that it would be an excel* lent thing to live without means. Sefing aMde the aged and the helpless, such a situa tion can hardlv be f. und. Who, in this wide world, in this universal magazine, this great store house, cannot find means for a living? There is no honest, industrious, resolute in dividual but can find means. Ye who have been lingering on, hoping for batter times, rouse up your energies, feel that yon have that within, that may stir you up to the best purposes of life; resolve to find means; it may be that they will not exactly corre; pond with your taste, but it is an nonest liviogvott are seeking, and the World is lull of material. The very rucks and stones we tread on, which nature scatters so liberally, may be converted into gold. They are hetVn into a thousaud form, rise into the noblest structures, and are broken into the macadamised pavements beneath our feet. Water, the free gilt of Heaven, is not suffered to flow idly on, telling its history n murmers ; its made the source of wealth and industry J it turns wheels j spouts forth in streams, and becomes a reve nue for thousands. Turn which way you will, the world is lull of materials! Bat these materials mu6t be converted into use by those who think, those who invent, and those who labor. THE WEALTH OF MEXICO. In Mexico there are over one thousand sil ver mines, yielding between thirty-five and h.rty millions of dollars a year. The value of these mines is increased by the fact that there are twenty five mines of quicksilver, which yield from two hundred and flf y to three hundred thousand pounds weight an nually. Gold is also found in considerable quantities, stated variously at from three millions oi dollars upward. The mines are generally located either on the top or on the western slope of the Cordilleras, utid have been wrought for ages. Gold and silver vas es of great value and beau'y of workmanship were sent back to Spain by the first conquer ors as spoils of .var. Iron and copper are al so produced in gfeat abandance. One great hindrance to the realizing of this mineral wealih is the difficulty of transporting it to the #r a board, there being neither railroads nor navigable rivers in the country, and the only means of transportation being the backs of rnu'es The commercial inertness and want of mechanic .! enterprise of the people, and the small extent to which the combination and division of Jaboi are carried, have also contributed, with the general insecuii'y of property, to prevent the various natural rich es of the country from their tull development. GOOD ADVICE. We know not where the following judicious hints had their origin, but we c< py them be caur 3000 tons oi it, for shipment to Eng land VOL. 3. NO. 10.