North Branch democrat. (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, November 25, 1863, Image 1
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PIATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Of fice in Stark's Brick Block, Tioga St., Tunk fiaaneck, Pa. R7& S, W, L,ITTI.E LAW, Office on Tioga street, Tunkhannock Pa. Harvey sickl.er, attorney at law and GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT - Of fice, Bridge street, opposite Wall's Hotel, Tunkhan faock Pa. Jrtß. J. C. CORSEI. 1 US, HAVING LOCAT- U ED AT THE FALLS, WILL promptly attend all calls in the line of his profession—may ha found at Beemer's Hotel, when not professionally absent. Falls, Oct. 10, 1861. L>R. J. C. BECKER ATC., PHYSICIANS A SURGEONS, Would respectfully announce to the citizens of Wy ming that they hare located at Tunkhannock wher hey will promptly attend to all calls in the line of neir profession. May be found at his Drug Staro when not professionally absent. JMi CAREY, M. D<— (Graduate of the 3 • M. Institute, Cincinnati) would respectfully aonoauce to the citizens of Wyomi ig and Luzerne Ceunties, that be continue* hi. -j-ular practice in the Carious departments of his profession. May r>e found at his offi:c or residence, when not professionally ab rnt Particular attention given to tbe tfeatmett Chronic Diseas. entremoreland, Wyoming Co. Pa.—v2n2 WALL'S HOTEL, LATS AMERICAN HOUSE/ TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. T'HIS establishment has recently been refitted and X furnished in the latest style. Every attention srill be given to the comfort and convenience o r those who patronize the House. T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor. Tunkhannock, September 11, 1861. MAYNARD'S HOTEL, TUNKH A N NO C K. WYOMING COUNTY, PEXNA. JOH If MAYXARD, Proprietor. HAVING taken the Hotel, in the Borough of Tuukhanncck, recently occupied by Riley Warner, the proprietor respectfully solicits a share ot pablic patronage. The House has been thoroughly repaired, and the comforts and accomodations of a first class Hotel, will be found by all who may favor t with their eustom. September 11, 1861. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL. MESHOPPBN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA Wu H. CORTRIGHT, Prop'r HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to reader the boase an agreeable place of sojourn for all who may faror it with their custom. WIN H CCRTRIHHT. June, 3rd, 1863 M. OILMAN, AT OILMAN, has permrr>ently located in lank f". heaia ck BoTeegh, and respectfully tenders his professional services to tw citizens of this place and UKouuuing country. t ACTION o** 0 ** T0 GIVB over Tutton's Law Office, near th e Pos Dec. H, ?861. TtO NERVOUS SUPPBRERB OF BOTH SEXES. A REVEREND GENTLEMAN HAVING BEEN restored to health is a few days, after undergoing all the usual routine aad irregular expensive modes of treatment without racoess, considers it his sacred du ty to oommnnieato to his afflicted fellow creatures the means of cure. Hence, on the receipt of an ad. dressed envelope, be will send (free) a copy of the pieeeri prion used. Direct to Dr Joan M. Daorall, 169 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York. v2n24ly THE CONFESSIONS' AND EXPERIENCE OF A. xcavou* INVALID. Published[for the benefit and as a caution toyeung men. and others, who suffer from Nervous Debility, Early Decay, sad their kindred ailments—supplying the means of Mlfawe. By ono who haa cured him self after bemf a victim of misplaced confidence ia quackery. By enclosing a post z* <h~ctad velopa, angle copies may be had of the author, NATSAJUSL Marram, Esq., Bedford, Kings County, New Jork.—r3-#l6-iy. |loft's Cornet. THE WAR-CHRISTIAN. What /lay tbe allies and chance Is, Of old cathedrals dim 1 What say the pealing erganS In chant and solemn hymn 7 'Fervor of adoration And lore in tweet aecord, Lore for the meanest mortal, And glory to the Lord ?' What saith the great 'War-Christian,' High perched abore tie crowd, With his hands so white and dainty, And his heart so black and proud I He draws a little cirle, As narrow as his mind And shuts froth all around it God's mercy to mankind He rants, he rarei, he blusters, And from his sensual jaws Pours rulgar slang, mistaking Men's laughter for applaUs#, And when the land is deluged With blood and widows' tears Incites redoubled slaughter, And prates of gunl and spearf. Forgetful or defiant That He whose cause he shames, Whose teachings he dishonors, Whose Gojpel lie disclaims, Was Lord of loving kindness, And sought that war should cease, That swords sboiild turn to ploughshares, And nations live in peace I'd rather for xr preachers Have wild winds on the shore, Or breeze amid tbe branches, Or birds that sing and soar, Or silence high an t holy, Than Christians' such as he, Who dares to counsel bloodshed, And knows net charity. MC CI .EI. I.EN. The soldier stands aloft—not now He Seeks the crest of fame : Bis country's love bound on hi/broW, Her blessings on his name ; He served her well when foemen threw Tbe gauntlet in her face, And fierce the strife that brought to vie# Tae manhood of our race. Ilia strong right hand was nerved to lead Potomac's gallrnt men— Brave men of every clime and creed From rugged mount and glen— With him they fought and bled aad fell, And strnck the foeman down ; And blood-stained Antietam speaks well The sold'ers bright renown As in the Roman time. Aad stay tbe might of him whose band Brands treason as a crime ; Though feckless men do sorely press The hero's dear bought fame, A nation's throbbing heart will bless McClellen's honored nemo. jsklut SAVED. BT MART CHIEF. " I've a soldier for my beau." Very sweet and musical was the voice of Mildred Browii, as she stepped out on a bal cony of the Continental Hotel one bright morning in the early spring, singing with her bird-like voice the above piece of honest con fession and very pretty her confusion as ■ha almost ran over Colonel Bates, comforta bly ensconed by tha window, lazily watching the graceful spirals of smoke that wound up ward from tin fragrant Havana, nestling un der his heavy moustache. At the sound of She uoiee, the Colonel's face had smiled, as much as such a dafk stern face could smile, and his eyes had lighted up, aa much as such cold atony eyes could light up; and now, on the rustling of Mildred's fresh muslins, and the appearance of her beautiful face be dung his cigar over the bal cony, and sprang up to meet her saying: " My kingdom for the soldier's name Miss Mildred 1" " We, young lad : es are not respntrsible for the Sentiments of the songs we ting. Our melodies are quotation* from the experience of others," answered Mildred blushing. •' Nay, there was a tenderness of tone in your confession, Mildred Brown, tbat said too plainly the poet's doom was thine," said the Colonel earnestly. M And the guilty blushes that hare been playing over cheek and brow eonfrrm the tale. 0 Mildred I Best beloved •' May 1 hope the soldier's name is mine?" He had taken both her hawde in his, but the color fkde I from Mildred's brow, wad she averted her face from his searching glance, and strove to free herself, but the passionate soldier rapidly dbhtihucd: " I startle you by the abruptness* of my avowal; but I have loved you long and you have ever received mo eo kindly, aud listened to me always with so much interest, that I have fancied yon were not indifferent, and before I go away, I would take with me your promise to be my bride." " k cannot be Colonel Bates. I regret your error, for you ere mistaken. Ido not love yoo." Her words came piteous!/ slow, dropping like molten lead on the heart of Colonel Bates. "TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS "-Thames Jefferson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25, 1863. His face grew doubly dark and stern, and his | voice was harsh and discordant as he said : " You do not love me 1 You reject my offer ?" Mildred's voice was full of deprecation, as ■he replied : " More than I can tell do I regret that I have unintentionally deceived you I have been kind to you, for every soldier has a claim on my kindness. I have listened to your tales with especial interest, for it has pleased you to accord high praise to a friend, of whose bravery lam justly proud ; and I fancied you might know—" " I know nothing, save that I desired your love. I know nothing now, save that it is given to another. That other is a soldier !" " He whom I love is a soldier," answered Mildred firmly, and quietly. " Aud in tfly regiment ? His voice was full of concentrated passion. "In your regiment." Mildrtd's voice was low, her mantief- baifb. " And his name is Captain Logan 1" Deep er and hoarser Was the Colonel's tone. •' His name is Captain Logan," echoed Mil dredj with a tender pride and luting cadence. " And new, Colonel Bates," aha added, with a new kindness in her manner, " I fully appreciate the great honor you have done me —much as we both regret it; and I pray that you will accept my friendship, for my love was given to another before you asked it." " Certainly, we are friends." And Colo nel Bates, u*ed to self control, took the small white hand pleadingly extended, as Mildred bowed and passed rut of his sight, leaving him with an angry light in his stony eyes, and a vindictive fierceness about the mus tached mouth It was after the siege of Yicksburg, and Mildred Brown with a pale face full of suffer ing, stood at the window, softly singing : " When this cruel war is orer, Praying that we meet again " "there was a plaintive undertone to tho sweet melody of her voice, for that mof-ning her eyes had ruii anXiously otet the list of killed and wounded; ant? then stopped sud denly, and dimmed with anxious fear as they rested on the name of " Captain Logan, miss ing. Hopes, doubts, and fears were written on the fair young face, but they ail gave way to s sudden lighting up, as ahe eagerly dsrted forward and met the postman with two let ters—both from the Army, but neither bear irg the familiar Wrtiing ..f the loved hand ! Oh, the tearfulness of that ra 'inent when but a word stands betweeu suspense and certain ty ! How the heart will cling to the old, fearful rmli'y 7 And M'ldred Brown, so young and unused to life's rough ways, it was itiful to tee the hands that had rested on her lover's head so tenderly, shake with fear as she undid the seals that Hood beiweer. hope and despair; it was pitiful to see the eyes, all unused to weeping, gather up the terrible truth, as they glanced over the page, and pitiful, to hear the cry of anguish that went up from Mildred, smitten aud afflicted ; for tbe door had closed over futile hopes, and her soul groped blindly in the darkness end utter pitilessness of certainty. The letter waa from Colonel Bates, gently ana tenderly written, but containing the sad news of Cap tain Logan's death. Tho other letter was from a Lieutenant, who had promised his Captain to write to Mildred, if aught occur red disabling hiin. He wrote of the exposed situation which his Captain held ifl obedience to their Colonel's command, and of his fall in noblest discharge of moat fearful duty. The same sad tale that has come to so ma ny homes during this cruel war 1 No last words or looks for fu'uru remembrance, no loving ministration of tender hands to comfort the heart in after days f Death, cruel death, in all its terribleneas, with none of the alleti ationa that take away ite sting f In such an hooi, when earthly comforts fail, fhrice bless' ed they who, like Mildred, can turn for con solation to that Holy Volume which declaied : " Blessed are they that mourn, for they ahall be comforted^' Turning the sacred pages, she opened to the story of David and Uriah, and as she read David's command, " Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from hire that he ruay be smitten and die"; she involuntarily shuddered and thought of Colonel Bates. The summer pasted with its mingled good and ill, and the earth pat on its autumnal glories, robes of flame, and gold, and russet brown, and, a few days since Colonel Bates was pleading again with the fair Mildred, sad' dened and subdued by the memories of her summer sorrow* Colonel Bates was skillful far bis reading of the human heart, and knew that to his gentle sympathy and persevering devotion Mildred, eooid not be totally indiff erent, and now he urged no forgetfuloess of the Tost love, only her acceptance of hit life long devotion. And Mildred lonely and deso late, was thinking of her life SJ valueless to herself, and wondering if she had a right to withhold it from one to whom rt seemed eo precious, when, in the mingled thoeghts that cr iwded oa her mind, came instinctively the story of David and Uriah, and she turned awgy wearily, ssying, she must think; she ( could not decide until the morrow. And thinking there gloat thinking of all j the precious past dftd dreaded future, there came e step upon the witfk that made her heart stand still; for it Wis a treat? site never expected to hear again—a footfall of one Whose body lay mouldering in the ground, and whose soul was marchirtg on. She betieted she wu droammg and started from her chair, Then a voice she thought Stilled forever, sounded in the hall. She staggered forward, and there was tbe pale, handsome face, full of its old strength and tenderness, that she had ►chooled herself to think as rigid and motion less, and she fell fainting ia the arms of Cap tain Logan. Lik# a resurrection from the dead was hie sudden appearance ; but he soon told how, in the thickest of tbe fight Colonel Bates had assigned him a post, to bold which was al most certain deith. He had fallen, and waa thought dead, but before hie comrades could return to him, he had revived,and waa taksn prisoner, for weeks and months he had thus remained without power te return or appriee hie friends of his existence, but at length had made his escape home to the North ; home to love and Mildred. Colonel Bates came for his answer early the next morning—so early thai the disar ranged household had not met for family de votions, and he was invited te remain. Mil dred's old grandfathar read for hia morning selection the story of David aad Uriah, and all who glanced at Colobel Bates saw a troubled man, ill at aase. Ever and anon ho turned anxiously to Mil dred's fair face, full of holy peace and joy, hut its deep ftffcitHhg Hit unfathomed, until Cap tain Logan entered, and he waa answertd. A REAL. CALAMITY. The re-election of Andrew G. Curt id baa fallen like a sad presentiment of future evil upon the people of Pennsylvania. It was ac coropllshed by the Administration through imported votes aad green backs, and ia not the expression of the bona fide residents of the Sttte; Even the Republicans, ae they look infb the future and consult their own better judgment, can hut ffeef ♦ hat if ia the greatest calamity that ever befel our Com monwealth. Instead of arresting the plunder, the rain and the overthrow of our Govern tnent by the election of e man who regards the Constitution, tbe liberty,- tbe life and tbe prop erty of the, people we have foistdd upon as for three years to come, a man who has proved recreant to them all—Pennsylvania has beSn made to endorse the 4frdd revolutionary doctrines of the old Abolition party, and to approve all the outrages of tbe corrupt neeft at Washington. If the Republicans of this State do not live to regret the part they have taken in the matter it will be becanae they are too corrupt to love good government or too ignorant to appreciate their position. That they Wil! psy dearly for their partisan blind ness none can deny. TRUE COURAGE A little drummer boy in one of our regi ments who had become a greet favorite with many of the officers, by his unremitting good nature happened to be in an officer's tent when the bane of the soldier's life wae peeeed ■round. A captain handed £ glass to the lit tle fellow, hut he refused it, saying, " I am a cadet of temperance, and do not taste strong drink." 44 But you must take some novr. I insist upon it. You belong to our mess to-day and cannot refuse." Still the boy stood firm on the rock of to tal abstinence, and held fast to his integrity. The captain, turning to the major, said : 44 H—is afraid to ;he will never make a soldier." 44 How ie this said the Major playfully snd then assuming another tone, added, 4 1 com mand you to take a drink, and you khew it it death to disobey orders." The little hero, raising his young form to its full height and fixing his dear blue eyes, lit up with unusual brilliancy, on the officer said : 44 Sir, my father died a drunkard: and when I entered the army, I promised my mother on my bended knees, that by the help of God 1 would not teste a drop of rum, and I mean to keep my promise. lam sorry to disobey Jour orders, sir, but I would rather suffer disgrace than disgrace my mother and break my (smperenCe pledge," This noble little drummer boy it now a wounded sufferer at the Hospital in West Philadelphia. How T a RAISE 150,000 MEN,— We INCITE the attention of the President to the following short and sensible and patriotic paragraph from the Louisville Journal■ While tome of bie 44 loyal" friends in Pennsylvania afe doing their best to prevent voluntary en listments, Prentice comts to the rescue, and shows in four lines how one half of the number of men required ctn be obtained. He says: 44 We don't know that the President can raise 300,000 new volunteers, but he can place Buell and McClellan io the field, sod that would be worth half the number." JC3T John R , having been requested to open some oysters, after knocking them about for some time exclaimed: n Upon my oonictcnce but they are mighty bard to peel 1 AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR. Not Ihog after the battle of Gettysburg, I some three uot/sChtf soldiers bad assembled within the confines of a mammoth chapel-teat fur the purpose of evening worship. A half hour had olapaed since the opening of the discourse when a terrihia clap of thunder burst upon the ears of the startled congrega tion, causing even tbe boldest to shudder at its power and volume of sound. The noise of the huge rain drops as they pattered upon the petition, waa ae the " long rolls" beaten by a hundied drums. In vsin did the minis ter endeavor to make his own veice heard ; aor was he permitted to do so, until tbe " heavens were bottled up," and the rain bad ceased. A party of three young mSa standing near the entrance of the tent, having been particu larly oaeasv during the service, were observ ed to leave their c'otnrsdei, one of them re marking as they stepped outside, " Let's go to our tent, I'm ifrafd of neither God nor devil." A short time only had elapsed, ere a commotion near the door betokened t&at something unusual had hsppeaed. A tent had been struck by lightning, and 4 man killed. The body was brought in and placed near tbe centre of the tent. That bedy wae all that rsmained of the youth who had ex pressed hie contempt of the Dtfity. There, palsied and celd, with distorted features and eyea glaring in mockary of life, lay he, lately so buoyant in fall health. Upon leaving the tent, tbe three young men had sought tbe shelter of their own ■mall accommodations, and lying down side by side, prepared for sleep. While yet awake the bolt of Heaven had fallen upon them.— The unfortunate youth whose soul had been required, had been singled out trom between his two comrades. They, also, had receivod injury, but after a little time recovered and begged to be led into the chapel tent, that they might Colbmune with the chaplain. It was a most affecting eight. There, in the presence of that vast assembly, before the re mains of thit deceased tfc/iher in arms, these two young men snatched f rctih tbe jaws of death, like " brands from the burning," ex pressed their gratitude to God fot bis mercy, and thair determination to do better lb the future. Tbe chaplain new addressed the meeting, taking for his text, "It is a fearful thing to fall into the bands of tha living God." And that multitude, ao little used to tears, now sobbed almost as a body. Tbe ef fect produced by that scene will never be effaced from tbe minds of those who wsre present. Many wera the vows made by the soldiers upon that occasion, to recollect the text, and also to remember that "He will not hold him guiltless who taketb His nam# in vain." A GOOD WORD FOR fife SKUNK. The American Agriculturist says of the skunk ; " All summer long he rosms jour pMtare st night picking up beetles snd grubs, polking with his nose in potato hills where many worms are at work. He takes possession of the apartment of the woodchtwk, who hae quartered himself and familj upon jour clo ver field or garden, and makes short work with all the domestic arrangements of unmiti gated nuisance, with this white backed sea tincl around, jou can raise closer in peace, and the joung turnip will flourish; Your beans will not be prematurelj snapped, and your garden sauce will be free from retmin. The most careful observation of his habits shows that he lives almost exclusivelj upon insects. While you sleep he is bnsj doing jour work, helping to deetroj jour enemies. If anj fair account is kept with him, the bal ance roust be struck in his favor. Thus we often find friends under the most unpromis ing appearances, and badly abused men are not unfrequently the benefactors ot society." E3T A jolly fellow bad an office next door to a doctor's shop. One day, an elderly gentleman of the old fogy school blundered into the wrong shop. 44 Is the doctor in 1" 44 Don't live here," said the lawyer, who WAS in full scribble over some musty old documents. 44 Oh i I thought this was his office." 44 Next door." " Pray air can yotr teff ae hae the doctor many patients ?" 44 Not living." The old genffeman told the etofy in the vicinity, and the doctor threatened the law yer with a libel suit. JC3E* In a lecture at Portland, Maine (be ledturer, wishing to explain to a little girl the manner in which the lobster casts his shell when he has outgrown it, said, 44 What do you do when you have outgrown your clothes? You east them aside, do you not 44 Oh, no!" replied the little one. 44 We let out the tucks." The lecturer confessed that ebe had the advantage of him there. .£ fry Nearly every evil has Its compensa tion. If a man hae but oUt foot he never treads oo his own toes, ty u What ia eternity ?"—A day with out, yesterday or to-morrow—a lioe that has oo end." iTMii .oo jLadtirmf DISCOVERIES OF COLO AID COF* Fbel Simultaneously w* bat* Can. Clerk's report in reference to the fold fields ef Arisoaa, floWr. inj account! from California of tba richness ha gold and copper, of newlj explored part* of that State ; also accounts of tba excitement in Canada ocasioned bj the dtaeovorios of pre* cioua metals.. t From California! in tba flrat half eftkit year, 4,000 tons of copper ore ware shipped from Sen Franciaco, moat of it going-tar the ■melting work at fioaton ; and far tba entire, year the shipments will probably be 10*MP tot; Hereafter much will go Jo tba. saplt tog works near New The ore avar aged about twenty per. cent. Prospects am considered eery hopeful. The AUa Cali fornia says There is reason to hope that California will at, no distant the first copper-prod ucing-coun try of tb: world. Cupriferous ore has been found in nearly every county, and rieb lodes opened at both ends of the State and in atm centre. The value of the copper mine and the character ef the ore and vein can only ba ascertained by examination at a considerable distance below the surface; and the proepae ters have not bad either the time or the aeoor ey to make iuch examination of moat of tba. lodes. It is well known that a large propor tion of the deposit* of copper are not true veins, and that only a small share of thetrue reins will pay. It would not, therefore, baV strange if nine out of ten, perhape ninety •nine out of 100 of the copper claims in tba fiiata would prove worthless; but the remainder will do wonders. ~ ■ The explorations of Mr. Aubray in Arifo na (a gentleman who was aarly identified with the history of California and New Mex ico,) and the recent official report of Qen,*- Clark, have served to establish several im portant facts and conclusions, the most Data ble of which is, that near the line ef the-34tb; parallel of north latitude and west of tba llOtfe, degree of longitude are gold fields of greet value, and that within a few jinn they will be adding millions annually to the general wealth of th# country. The Santa Fa Ga rette is tirtfeb elated with the mining prp* j pects ot this region, now that there f la danger from the excursions of hostile Indians; \ yet, to guard against too sanguine anticpa tiona, taya: Doubtless the report# which will go out in reference to tho productiveness of tbew npfi will induce many to try their fortune# amotfe* them. Indeed, i the leat eccount# w# from there, there were already about 14QQ, persons et the mine# and more going.' But it should be remembered by all who have desire to emigrate thither that it Mk the mmt inhospitable region# of country! ex cepting the climate, that i# to b# found on tfcn, continent. It produces comparatively upl, of the necessaries of lif#. It oaanot bo to support a large population. All auppli##- will hare to be transported from New Mexi co or California. ttiicovsriss ot gold and copper in < Lcnr#r Canada are receiving much attention front tbe provincial press, no lea# than fiftoaa private bill# having been passed at the late eeeaion of the legialature, to incorporate mining com panies. Tbe Toronto leodtr says t. At length gold seeking—we cannot call it mining—is getting e fair trial, in Lower Caa sda. Enough has been done to show that loos# gold, varying ia size from large nugfcwle" to fine grains, is to be found in quantities which appear to leave a fair profit after ing for the cost of collection. The existence of metal in this shape ia no new discovery | but the question at first raised by Sir Wil liam Logan, whether it will be found in suffi cient quantities to pay unskilled labor, Ilka' most doubts, spreads a gloomy influence over' the prospect. ICri tfOR DIPTHBRIA. A correspondent of the Providence Journal > vouchee for the efficacy of ice as a curt for diptheria, cronp and all ordinary infiamation' of the throat. The manner of application ia as follows: " B f *k up a small lump of ice in a towel' and put the pieces in s bowl. Take position •lightly inclined beck wards, either on a chair or on a sofa. Proceed for half eb hour ' with a teaspoon to feed youiaolf with small ' lumps of ice. letting them dissolve slowly in the beck peri of the mouth or the entraaoo of tbe throst. A single sflteh application will often break up g common tors throat, Which' otherwise WouTd have s coarse of two or threo days. In case of a bad sore throat, w the ioe frequently ancf freely, fn earn of ul ceration or diptberia, keep a small lamp of ' ioe constantly in the mouth." ■ I . 4 I A'iC' An ofloer who was iaepeotiag hii company one morniog, spied a private wboue shirt was sadly begrimmed. " Patrick O'Flyna 1" called out the captain*' '■> " Here your honor," promptly impended the man. with hie hand to hia cap. " How long do you wear a shirt thundered the officer." " Jist 28 inches, ysr honor;" uhV the m joinder. C3trWhat chursh 4* yon attend, Partington 1 Oh, any paradox church where tbe Gospel is dispensed with 1 tOL.Jfr, NO. 16 ■