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HAItVEY SICKUER, Editor.
TUNKHANNOCK, P
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1864.
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Is the title .of a book published for t:e
benefit of Commission. It gives a full
■ account of tho purpqges aUd the work of the
Sanitary o§mmi3sion, compiled docu
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In publishing the foregoing notice we de
sire to add that go far we are informed, it has
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been the aim of this Institution to hold itself
from party politics, and confine its entire ef
forts to its own proper mission. Even its
Ripublican President, who sometimes drags
politics into his pulpit) has we believe, hither
to abstained faun connecting politics with
this enterpaise. In reference to a work of
this kind the public c mscience, and the com
mon sene of all menwbo have any interest
in the relief of human suffering will unhesita
tingly endorse this course. To enter upon
an argument to show that to connect party
politics with organized effort to relieve the
suffering and supply the necessiti s of our
friends, neighbors, sous and brothers in our
armies would prove vastly prejudicial, and
ultimately destructive of .he utility of such
effort, would be idle y because all men of
common sense feel that this is so, in advance
of any argument—so true it :s that the cause
of humanity, as well as that of religion must
always suffer from contact with party politics.
Why this is so we do not propose to dis
cuss in this connection. The fact itself is
one upon which political preachers especitlly
may reflect with much advantage to the
cause they propose to serve.
We are not of those who believe that those
who aie called to preach the gospel have r?o
civil duties to perform in connection with the
administration of the government. It is not
only their right, but their duly to vote ;be
cause our system of government refers ail po
litical vnestions to the decision of tho whole
people ;and no man, strictly, has a right to
shirk his share of the re-ponsit>ility. Our
theory of government contemplates that ev
ery vote shall fie tho honest ex; onent of each
voters sentiments, whatever they may be
and not of the sentiments of any other man, or
set of men. and holds him responible for such
expression to no n.an, or set of men. Even
if bis political opinions are wrong, it is none
the less his duty to vote in accordance with '
them. Upon no other principle can a govern- i
merit like curs urvive.
But this is the only civil duty in connec
tion with the administration of the govern
ment, except that of payment of taxes' that
the theory of our government imposes upon
4he ministers of the gospel • ami this only
because they are men, as well as ministers.
But while human natvre shall continue to
Ve what it 1 as always been, the preacher can
not go beyond this—cannot avail himself of
the opportunity afforded by the presence of
his audience assembled for divine worship to
engage in the discussion ofquestions of party
politic*, without destroying his own useful
ness, crea'ipg bitterness and division in his
church, driving out of it for the time (and per
hap permanen'ly) all purely religous emotion
and -entirr.cnT, and giving to the things of this
world endure prtc fence < ver the demands
of Eternity. No matter upon what artful
pretext the snlject may bo introduced, its
presence in the pulpit is more fatal to the
spiritual welfare of these who approve and
ei'jov It. than to that of those who lament
•and denounce it, already, trr pl.ict'3 the for
mer are'beginning to regard tlioe ministers
who abstain from pditical preaching with
enmity, because such abstinence is an im
plied rebuke to those whj indulge in and n;>
pland the practice.
Sthmre! that men who can readily per
ceive the mischiefs th?,t wmiM inevitably rs
sult from tbe connection of party politics
with tbe stupendous work of the Sanitary
Commission in the cause of Humanity, can
n"f also perceive the mischiefs that have
followed and rre still following the fatal al
liance between polities and Religion -that the
same cause that woutd bring peril and death
to the cause of Humanity, must prove equal
ly fatal to tbe cause of Religion. Strange,
that men who have devoted t bemelves to
the service of Him who scourged the traffick
ers from the Temple, should so forget the
mission of their master as t> bring into His
Sanctuary the stormy passions that surges
■i without. t
53T*do you indorse a scoundrel when you
make your mark upon his back.
Could the Democratic Party "restore ihc
Union,
| The remarkable article which we, this
I morning, republish from the Urehmond ex
vniiner. depicting in strong colars the suffer
: ings of the South' naturally provokes the
I question, why it is that a people so sensible
j of the discouragements of ther situation are
not induces to abandon a sinking caKse and
i resume their old federal relations, There
can be but one answer ; —the statesmanship
{ of our government is not equal to its military
success. War itselfis only an instrument
j It is not an end, but the means for at
to taining an end. Its opject is to bring
such a pressure to hear upon a hostile com
, inunity thac he will be willing to submit
| reasonable terras of peace. Few wars in his
tory have inflicted such havoc, or carried
' such desolation, as the one in which we are
' engaged ; and in the natural course of things,
judged by ordinary human experience, the
| victorious party should be able to conclude a
! safe, honorable, and lasting peace. That it
| has neither the ability nor the expec'ation of
doing so, on its face, a proof that it is une
! qual to the situation.
But would the Democratic . party., if it
stood in the hoes in the administration,
do any better ? This is a grave question, be
cause, on the answer which the majority of
the people will this year return to it, hang*
undeniably the future destiny of the country.
If. is true that, in any answer which may
now be attempted to this question, our rea
soning must be more or less hypothetical;
but it seems to us thai the case is in some
aspects so clear that we may nevertheless
proceed upon very solid ground. On one
side we have facts and experience to eo upon;
for its incontestable that wo have inflicted
suffering upon the Southern people to bring
them to terms, if this were an ordinary war,
and our nation authorities had tho ordinary
sagacity, prudence, and suvoir fnire of a vic
torious government. But what reason, is
there for thinking that the Democratic party,
'fin power, would do any better? The case
seems to us so plain that it is almost to aigtie
it. If, the re!at ; ve milatary situation being
precisely what it is, the lamented DOVGLAS
were alive and were now President; if Mr
CCSHING, or a tnan of epual mental resour
ces, were Secretary of State, and General
SCOT L Seeretrry of War, wo do not be! it-re
there are fen men in the country whose opin
ions is wor'h regarding that would not ex
pect peace and a restor d Union within three
months. If there could ho such a change of
administration, or one at all resembling it
the mass of the people, in both section?,
would be exalted at once into a sfa f e of
hopeful expectation. They would look for
an early peace, a restored Union, and such a
general and sincere pasificalion as would ren
der it safe to reduce our crimes tc a moder
ate peace estab'ishment. The present ditfi-
culty is, not that v.e have not sufficiently
crippled and humbled the South for victory
to bear its appropriate fruits, but that this
administration is politically incapable of
making a just, magnanimous, and satisfactory
peace.
But why could a Democratic administra
tion deal with this problem more successfully
than that of Mr* I/i cob.? The reasons are
various. In the first place, the Democratic
party has never given any countenance to the
twenty vears'cruade against southern instiu
lions kept up by the aboliti mists . The South
is in negotiating with a Democratic abrnin
istration,would have no fears of being entrapp
sd into a false po-ition and circumvented by
peifid\*. They had some experience of the
good faith of Mr. LINCOLN and Mr. SEWARD
in the spring of 1861, when Judge CHMPIIKM,,
'of the Supreme Court, was the intenne diary
between the Soutii and the government with
the knowledge and privity of Judg- NELSON
of this state. The war would probab iv have
been 4voided had it not been for the string
radical pressure upon Mr. LINCOLN, and the
faithlessness of his Secretary cf State. Even
if the administration had adhered to the con
stitutional policy professed in Mr. LINCOLN'S
inaugural, the South would naturally recoil
from an attempt to arrange this controversy
with the same officials who deceived them
with false professions in the very crisis ot
these difficulties.
But Mr. LINCOLN has mode peace impossi j
ble unless the South will consent to the de !
struction of the most valuable part of their j
property, and the subversion of their indus- j
trial sy>tem. Whatever may be the cash I
value of this property, every <1 .liar of it is an
argument aganst sub uission addressed by
Mr. LINCOLN to the self interest of the
South. The southern people know that the
Democratic party does not approve of tins
policy ; that they have steadily protested
against it as a flagrant violhtion of the Con
stitution. Tf the Democratic part}' were in
power, the question would he simply be
tween further resistance on the one hand,
and submission to the same Constitution un
der which they formcly lived and prospered,
on the other. Whatever forfeitures have
been operated by the necessary result of the
nar, would he upon by the
courts in ob hence to established precedents,
and not determined by the infuriated pass
iur.s of innovating abolitionists. The South,
in submitting to the Constitution as the Con
stitntion ha always heretofore been under
stood, could calculate pretty nearly the legai
elfeLt of their submtssi >n. But when they
are upon to. first, surrender the most
valuable of their property, and then sub
mit, without guarantees, to whatever a hos
tile and heated fanaticism may think fit to
inflict, it is not surprising that they prefer to
endure tlx? evils and Dy the chances of con
tinued resistance.
If the Democratic party were in power the
popular and capable general* now in retire
ment would be immediately pi.ieed iu com
mand ; and, in the general rejoicing that
would fallow, volunteers would tlock to the
service, and we should be in the best possible
position to make a vigorous war or a just
peace, according as the rebels she uld elect.
With a more formidable military iront on our
side, and nothing repaired hot submission to
the Constitution on theirs, the inauguration
of a new Administration would he the dawn
of peace. The Union would rise after its.long
setting with more than its old effulgence.
'• So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed,
And yet anon repairs his drooping bend,
And tricks bis beams, and with new spangled ore
iiatues in the forehead of the morning sky."
Foul, Festering Corruption.
The following from the New York Journal
oj Commerce appears to greatly exercise the
leading organ of the Administration, so much
so as to unsettle its nerves:
"There was never an Administration in
Washington under which fraud was carried
on as openly and boldly as now. The tnil.
Hons that are the plu rW of the present army
of hangers on will never be counted. Ther e
is no end to the terrible revelations. Nor
does the trouble stop with the mere robbing
of the public purse. The most atrocious
crime are perpetrated with the stolen money,
and the people are growing used to the recit
als. Legislators are bought and sold in
Pennsylvania, New York and elsewhere*
Elections are fraudulently carried. The
machinery of political parties is turned evflry
where to the private account bf individual
office-seekers or money seekers. The taint is
spreading through the entire body politic)
Men look calmly now on crimes from which
they would have shrunk two years or ihree
years ago— Men think on the whole that
it is a good when the Administration carry
an election by shipping home a few t'nousand
selected voters. Men chuckle over some po
litical ruse in which a Legislature is bought,
for money. *** **** * * *
No one seems to think that frn.ud, public
r<d>bery, is a very great crime. We meet
daily in the streets, nightly at receptions ami
grand assemblies, men who are known to lie
fattening on plunder, 'but v/hosu social posi
lion seems wholly unaffected by the fact."
Notwithstanding what the organ says to
the contrary truer bit'. was nevir presented.
Every intelligent man in Washington, in
the least acquainted with the modus operandi
of government knows the truth of the
above statinent; and the Administration or
gins, who are paid to defend those in power,
squirm as they JE.ay, cannot get away from it
W hep the tune comes that a man can write
an; speak; the truth boldly without the tea,,
of bemg jerked off to the Oid Capitol and 1m
prisoned there as an enemy of our Govern"
merit, a history of Governmental frauds and
corruption will be-written that will astound
thejcivilized world.
Tho New York Times, a journal of Repub
lican proclivities, in discussing this matter
says:
" Turn which way we will, we meet with
accounts of little but "enormous fraud." per
petrated by Government officials. Fir-t it. is
a paymaster; then it is a quartermaster;
anon it is a confidential clerk m the Treasury
Department, or a subordinate in somo navy
yard, who undertakes to fiil ln< private purse
at the public expense. Awry atmosphere
of dishonesty pervades the localities dev .ted
to the disbursement of Government moneys,
and as nobody seems to meet with the pun
ishment due to such crimes, the culpability
of one party only stimulates the cupidity of
other parties, and t he game of swindling goes
on ad infinitum. Of the immense natic nal
debt we shall all have to pay, in some shape?
by and by, how many milli us and inillion
ot i* will not atone f>r the tin fis 1 f men 111-
tru-tel with positions of greater > r !o-s note
in public alfairs 7 \Y hat a rell ad ion !
The "first gun" f>r Mr. LINCOLN, vhicli
was fired by the New Hampshire Repnb iean
in their state convention last Wednesday,
has not had any echoes among the members
of that party in this neighborhood. Indeed
it ha< had n< more effect than trie "buncombe
speech Mr. ARNOLD deliverd in the House a
: ew days since "from a pile of mannscript upon,
the top of a bat." -'Honest Old Abe" is
very fond of a j >ke at other people's expense,
but this New Hampshire nomination is clearly
one at his expense. It's a laughing matte
all around.
~4.*-
The quota of Vermont is reported full, bu;
the volunteers ar • in >tly "blue 11 >sei" from
over the border. Much as the Canadians
profes- to dislike the Yankees, they have a
weakness for green backs, and the high boon
ties were too innch for their loyalty to the
English crown. It is known that there arc
mote Canadians in our armies than there arc
deserters and "skedadlers" from the draft
in Canada.
f
e learn froin the telegraphic news
published in the city papers that the people
of the South are delighted with Abe Lin
coln's proposed amnesty, and are preparing
to acc q)t the terms by wholesale. The satm
government organ liar, thirty- sev'U tunes an
nounced the certain destruction of Fort Sum
ter. and yet that monster still blazes away at
our iron clads and prevents them from pass
lug up to the city:
It willomt do to contradict these reports.
Such an act would in* eminently disloyal.—
lie who tells the truth now a-days is a trai
tor, while he who hides the truth, and pan
ders to the circulation of falsehood, is " loyal"
in proportion,
Orders have been issued from the War De
| partment, that hereafter the jiaines of regi
i nscnts re-enlisting shall not be published. If
the telegraphs were confined to the truth
there would be no necessity for such an or
der. It is doubtful whether there would be
any to publish.
Z3T A slow pulsation is the sign of a
long life, not only in individuals but in law
mi t e.
The 53rd Pennsylvania Regiment of Vete
rau Volunteers.
This gallant regiment composed chietly of
volunteers from Montgomery, Berks, Lycorn
ing, Wyoming and Juniata, has been under
the command of Col. John J. Brooke, and has
now wo understand, re enlisted for the war.
They are now under a furlough cf thirty
days, when they are to report at Camp Cur
tin, at Ilarrisburg, and to be recrui'ed to a
full regiment. They now number about
2GB, out of tlie 1, 00'> able, stalwart men they
] counted when the regiment first marched.
. Small as is the number remaining. It is not
! surprising when we remembi r that they have
: seen every fight and have taken an active
part in every battle, from Fair Oaks, through
• lie seven day's fight, at Antietam, where
1 Mc Clolian, having gathered up the fragments
'of the army, covered himself and his men
: with glory, and drove the invaders from the
; borders of Pennsylvania. Then they were in
the bloodv and awful battle of Fredericks
burg, where the heroic boys say they were
| led into a slaughter pen by Central Burnside.
j Then they were at Chancellorsville, under
Hooker, and next upon our own soil, at Get
-1 tysburg, they clothed themselves with honor,
' and with others drove General Lee and his
; shattered forces from Pennsylvania sal. We
; record these deeds of a brave Pennsylvan
: ia regiment, as an act of justice, and cora
; mend the gallant little remnant to the at
i tention of our State authorities. One of
the Captains in the 521, Captain S. T. Piatt,
ts descended from the old Brady stock of
Western Poim.-ylvapia—his mother was Mary
Brady, a niece-of General Hugh Brad}* —and
it is high praise to say that he has proven
worthy of his origin. Captain Piatt was in
the three months' service with General Pat
terson, and was honorably discharged. He
then helped to* raise a c unpiny, was attached
to the regiment of Colonel Brooke, and has
I been in the service ever since. In the reor
| ganization of this regiment due notice should
be assigned to ibetn to which they have es
tablished their claims by gallant conduct in
J the fie'd.— Daily Age.
The sTth Ia. Vols.
A Cor respondent of the army, speaking of
tlirs regiment, says: tho 57 th Pa. Volunteers
—Col Peter Shies, was organized in Camp
| Curiin in the autumn of IBCI ; It embarked
j for the Peninsula on the 17 id March 18(12 in
j (he Llrigade c inrnanded by Prig. General
•Jameson. During the Peninsula campaign it
j was in the Division of the gallant Kearney
j and partic paled in ail the actions' of that Di
vision It was engaged in the 2d. action of
; I'ull Run and was with its illustrious leader
, when he led at Ciiantiliy. It has subse
j quently been in all the battles fought by the
| - Army of the Potomac" except South Moan
j tain and Autietarc, losing both in the Ist
Fredericksbuty, (Jh&ncelloisville and Gettys
burg lights over .18 per cent of its numbers.
This Ilegt. numbered 841 men fully oflicer
ed, when it left for >he seat of war. It now
numbers 218, 170 or all that can , nave re
enlisted as veteran volunteers, and are ev
pected to arrrive at Ilarrisburg some time
tins month.
did Old Abe get the right to
make State laws for Southern people? In his
Proclamation he says they may come back
whenever one-tenth of the nutnher who voted
for President in 1800 take the Abolition oath
he proscribes. They may then f. rm a State
government and come into the Union under
the blessings of the old rail-splitter.
What a good thing for th-> Southern peo
ple t 1 at thev have so wise ami eminent a man
as Abraham Lincoln, to watch over their
destinies. who first discovered that
that it is easier to pay a small debt than a
large one," an 1 otherwise equally chunks
of gold!" And he was the first one of his
family that discovered what a tariff wi*!
And if he didn't know while on his r.a 1 to
the national capita! whether it. ['he tanffi
was an animal of the ground hog species or
like "the beautiful bird they call the bear."
that's no body's business.—he learned what
it was soon after he got there; and that was
doing very well, faking into consideration
that he went, byway of Scotland !
Tint about the mercy shown the people o*
the South bv this proclamation : It will bo
such a good thing for thorn to have Abolition
State Governments ! All the Abolitionist s
have to do is to emigrate a few hundred fana
tics from the North to some safe points in
each of the Slates mentioned, which, with
the aid of nigge-s and Government bayonets
can easily cast one-tenth of the votes thrown'
for President in 18fi0. Then it will be a
good, "loyal government the niggers will
he equal to white men, and white men equal
to niggers, and all will he so happy !—provi
ded there are no guerrillas about.— Register.
The way the Money goes.
The New York A>l is says that Major Rrua
Cameron, a son ot Sonon, h is been placed up
on the retired list, wiih the pay of an Acting
Paymaster ul the Army. lie will, therefore,
receive for life, from a grateful country, §2,
000 oi §2 500 ay< ar for doing nothing, which
sum-the people must pay through crushing
taxation. This favor purports to have been
granted for long and faithful service; a slight
draft upon the credulity of the people, when
they are told tliat Major Brua Cameron has
been in the armvjust two years'. Tltis is a
great country, and no mistake, ami great is
tho forbearance of the people !
Forney Rays, "the wretches who cry
peace ought to be crucified." That would be
nothing new, for more than' eighteen hun
dred years ag > Christ was crucified for preach
ing peace by just such another set of scoun
drels as you are.— Dayton Empire
THE generality of men more easily forgive
a rival than a faithless woman—unlike wo
man, who always hate the female rival more
than the faithless lover.
A Braggart Shirking.
The Senato of Pennsylvania has a Repub
lican majority of one, but on account of the
sense of a Republican member, who is a pris
' oner at Richmond, the Senate is unable to
; organize the Senate by the election of Repub
lican officers, Morrow B. Lowry, a well
known local Republican politician and a
great braggart, offered a resolution to ap
point a committee to wait on Jeff. Davis and
ask him to liberate Major White, in order to
organize the Pennsylvania Legislature ; but
on an amendment being substituted making
Mr. Lowry the committee, he wilted, skirk
ed, backed down and begged to be excus
ed.
1 INTERNAL REVENUE —lt inay not be gen
enerally known that the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue has decided that a promi-m
--ry note for the payment of twenty dollars or
less is subject to st amp duty by the act of
March 3d, 18G3, under the head of u luland
Bills of Exchange.,, The penalties for viola
ting tie stamp act is from §JO to §2OO, and
in addition notes, &c„ are worthless without
the proper stamp being affixed. Druggists,
merchants, and dealers generally, are remind
i ed tii at a recent decision of the Commissioner
with reference to ''Proprietary Stamps," ren
ders such articles as blacking' concentrated
; lie, &c , also liable to stamp duty.
STRIKE AMONG THE CLERUV.—A strike
of the clergy, for higher salaries to meet the
cost of living, is being agitated in New England
and seems imminent. The majority of conn
try pastors do not average more than §OOO a
year, and this is not equivalent, as prices now
are, to §4OO previous to war—a sum whollv
inadequate to support them at the present
time. We don't know whether the strikers
can adduce any scriptural precedent to sust
tain them. We don't read of many strikes
among the Apostles—but then they hadn't
•any r b.-lli > t in their hands, nor was Secre
tary Chase and the greenback dispensation as
plenty then as now.
SAMUEL M. HARRINGTON , jr., the new Sec
rotary of State of the subjugated Territory of
Delaware, has issued a proclamation fur the
enlistment in the aruiy, of all the negro slaves
m Delaware, without regard to the wishes air
their lawful masters-. In case the owners
shall come forward an I take one of (he nmn" !
erous Administration test oaths, which a
bound in Delaware they will receive a com I
pensation not exceeding three hundred dol- j
lars, otherwise they are to have redress i
what ever. And the slaves in either contin- j
gency, are to be forever free.—This war has I
developed many arbitary measuers, but hard
ly as glaringly unjust as this.
Nor A FlCTlON. —Newspaper subscriptions
.are infallible tests of man's honesty. If a
man is dishonest he will cheat the printer
some way—say that he has paid when he
Iras not—or sent money and was lost by miil
—or will take the paper and not pay for it
on the p'ea that he did not subscribe for it,or
will inova off, leaving it coin-; to the office he
left. Thousands of professed Christians are
dishonest, and ihe printer's book will tell
fearfully on the final sttlernent of the jndg
rnent day. How many who read this para
graph will be guiltless of tbe offense.
A QL T IF.T DEACON.- .When old Deacon,
Brown got into a bad position he was very
expert in crawling out of it. Though
quick tempered, he was one of the best d*a
cons in the world. lie would not. in a mo
sober moment, utter an oath, or anything
like i no, for his wight in cider. <
At the close of a rainy day, he was milking
upon a knowl in his barnyard, on one side o|
which was a duty slough, and 011 the other an
old ram, that, in e >nsi leration of his quiet
disposition, was allowed to run with the cnv
The deacon was pum-dy humming Oid Hun.
dred, and had just fini-hed the line ending
with 'exabed high" when the ram, obeying
a sudden, impulse tube aggressive, gave him
a blow from behind that put him a short dist
lance ou'y to fall directly in the slough, who re
the dim water was deep enough to giv- bun
a thorough drenching.
A* he crawled out, and before he rose from
his hand* and knees, be looked over his shoul
der at the ram, and then vociferated, "You
plaguey old cu*s!"' but on looking around and
seeing one of his neighbors looking at him, he
added, in the same breath, "if 1 may be al
lowed the expression.
A Washington dispatch says that
the supplies sent by the Government
have been permitted to reach their des
ti lat ion by the Rebel authorities. The
■ rumor that the rebels permitted clothing
but not food, to be distributed, is an error*
| Forty-eight thounsad rations sent by the
. Secretary of the war last week had been re
ceived and distributed ,
•'The sole great objects of this war are the
restoration of the unity of thr ration, and
the supremacy of the laws of the country. —
1 McGcllun.
These are words fit to be inscribed on the
conservative standard in the coming I'res
dential election, and he who holds aloft the
standard bearing this inscription or an
equivalent one, will lead the conservative
hosts to victory. Mark the prediction.
Louisville Journal.
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JC3T"The Mayflower, of which we have
heard so much in connection- with liberty,
made a voyage other than the one when she
brought over the Pilgrims. Having landed
these worthies on Plymouth Rock, says the
Albany Argus, she went to Africa after a
cargo of negroes for the Virginia market.
The Herald, says "the rebellion is on it
last legs'' S- it has been for three years, by
the weekly anouncement of that journal.
is a cowardly soldier like bitt
er? Because he is sure to run when expos
i ed to fire.
' LOCAL AMD PERGONAL,
Wanted, ou subscription, at this office,
• Wheat, Com, Rye, Oats, Ruck wheat and gm in 0 f a ;j
kinds. Also, com in the ear, hay, straw, good w i nttr
apples, potatoes, butter, lanl, cheeo Hmt produce ut
most all kinds. Money nerer refused.
- Agent for the Democrat— AHlßA GAY, £■
has consented to act as our Agent in receiving U ; 4 1
; receipting subscriptions for the North Brooch l>,. u
ocrat. All monies paid him either on
or for advertising will be duly accounted for a „j
| credited the same as if paid to us.
The County Auditors convened Last week m
1 examined into tha financial affairs of the eounty f, r
the past year. We le rn that the llnances are'ii■ „
| more promising condition than ever before. A state
merit will be published next month.
The County Commissioners at their last meet
t ing made the following appo ntments for the
! year.
WM. F. TERRY, Clerk. F. C. RoSs, Attorney, c
L. VAUGHN, Mercantile Appraiser.
|
Donation Visit.—There will be a donation visit
a the house of Mrs. Stafford, in the Borough o:
Tunkhannock, on Wednesday afternoon and evenin<>
jan-'dh lst>4, for the benefit of the Kev'd Luther Feck
ail are invited to attend,
Select School.— B. M. Stone will open a Select
School in the Tunkhannock School building on UIOD
day Jan 18th 1864.
To continue Eleven w&eks.
Terms ol Tuition, id, so $4,25 SS,GO
Payable ia advance.
North Branch Caiia! Company.— This Com
pany by Wm. M Piatt their Attorney, has paid into
Court as required bv act of assembly approved April
10:h. I&6i three thousand seven hundied and tiftv
Dollars, to apply ou judgment attained for laud dam
ages, any persons having judgments against the com
pany can call on Ziba Lott Proth'y of the Court and
receive the amount they aro entitled to under the
law.
Borough Election,—'The entire Democratic
Ticket for this Borough from justice of the Peace to
Auditors, except Thomas Osterhout, was elected by an
average majority of about twelve Osterhout wai
beaten by Samuel Stark, who is a Democrat, our
triumf his therefore << mplcte liieie is a gain to
us since the last fa lb election, ei ten. We shail
probably give the vote in'full ia our next.
IN THE TOWNSHIP, The Democrats had every
thing their way wirhont even the show of a <jortest.
Found Drowned.—The body of Mr. John Bing
ham of this Borough, who disappeared some ten
weeks since was f.iand in the basin of the canal at
this place by some persons who were cutting ice-
Dr. Be ker the Uaron-r summoned a jury of In
quest. Their verdict was, that the deceased came to
his death by accidental drowning. The body showed
but little signs of decomposition. It was found with n
live rods of the bri ige off of which he fell. It is sup
posed to have been imbedded in the sand and mud at
the bottom, in such a manner as to prevent its rising
to the surface
f .Mrs, Mary Piatt wiiow of the late Wm
Piatt, sen , died near White Deer Mills, on M aday.
aged'ufct ut seventy- five years. The deceased lady
was a member of the celebrate 1 Brady family, of
Revolutionary an l Indian war fame. She was a
daughter of John Brady, noted iu the Revolutionary,
annals of Northumberland county ; a siste. of Capt
Win. P. Brady, now an I for many years past an ofa
cer of the State Si .ate ; niece uf Gen. Hugh Brady :
and a hlood relation of sam Brady, t'nccelebra
ei Iniian fi*h' ;r Ths Inliins killed h-r
grandfather near Muney, and > ne of h-r les
near Willinmsport. Sh> wis tlio mother of J
Brady I'iatf, late of Brady township, and Hon.
W.M. Piatt, formerly a member of the State
Senate; and of Capt S. T. .Piatt of the 53rd Pa.
Vols It was from her family that Brndv
township derived its name. Lycom ing Gazttic.
M arried.
JSVHNS-—CRAMER—At Mrs Tavlor'sin ike boio'
of Tunkhannoek, Dec. Tlth 1363 by Rev. Luther
Peek. MR. ISAIAH EVENS of Meshoppen, to Miss
GERTRIDE CRAMER of Tunkhannoek.
LYMAN —SAFFOED —Also, on the sth inst, at
the residence of the late Tilt .11 Smith, MR. PREN
TIS LVJIAN of Lyjn ;nvi!le, Susq. Co., 10 Mr.s. ES
THER SAPPORO of this borough
ARNT —PETRTCK—AIso, at Mrs. Taylor's in the
boro' of Tuukhtnnock, on tho 11th inst., MR. L.
ARST of Ilyde L urk Lv.Z Co., to Miss MAHV E
DETRICK of Wyalusing Bradford C .
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
r p E T'NDERSTONE D having been appointed by
A the Orphan's Court of yoibing County, an Au
ditor t.) distribute the fund in Court for distribution
on the final account of William Money-penny Admin
istrator of Mary Mimeypenny deceased, will attend
to said distribution or. Saturday the 16tb.day of Jan
uary, A. P 1364 at 10 o'clock A. M at his office in
the Borough of Tunkhannoek ; at which time and
jlace all persons interested theiein may appear and
be heard-
II ARVEY SICKLEX Auditor,
IAST of JURORS,
Drawn lor January Term, 186 4.
GRAND JI'RORS,
BRAINTRIV: E. J. Keeney.
CLINTON: John Wilson.
EATON: Nelson Rogers.
FALLS; —11. W. Finn, Jacob Swarihout.
FORKSTON —John W Lutt, Calvin Robinson, Ira
Robinson
MEHOOPANV —CIark Ileath, George Henning.
MESHOPPEN —Thomas Gill, Jr.
MONROl: —Joseph Shotwell, 11. W . Carpenter, Eb
eneser Parrish.
NORTH BRANCH —Jason Purges 3
NORTHWORELAND—R. C. llettield.
OvEßFiELtt—Alford Mahon.
TUNKHANNOCK BOTO'— James Young, Elisha Sharp-
TON KHAN NOCK Tp — Perry 11. Wilsey, Thos. Cra
mer, Joseph Shupp.
WASHINGTON— John Sawyer.
EXETER—WM. Gay.
TRAVERSE JI'RORS.
BRAINTRIM— IIenrv Thayer, JAS Schemmerhorn,
n B. Sturdevant, Edward Meritt.
EXETER —Simeon Gar, T. D. Ileadley, John W.
Roberts.
MEHOOPANV — C. L. 1 augbn.
MpsnoppEN—L. B. Snith, N. OvrSeld, Albert
Overfield.
LEMON -Gudeon Uewet, Henry Harris.
MONROE— -Wm. D. Frear, J. W. Carpenter
NICHOLSON— Perry Stark, Samuel Staik, 3d. Dan*
Stark, Loren G. Sthephens. Jacob Stophens, Jerome
Sbibley.
NoRTn-BRANCH—L. P Gro.
NORTHMORELANP— C. F Terry, A. L Carey,
Gordon Pike, E. V. Pool. Elijrh Reeves.
OVERFIELD —Wm. Irwin, C. C. Myers, Lawreneo
Ager, Samuel Tranger
Tt'NKHANNOCK TR.— Newman Miller.
WASHINGTON —Frank Bunnel, Geo Placo
WINDHAM- James G. Fassett, Olive Eastern .