IIAHVEY dZCSLZjXiZl.^'iuprietor.l NEW SERIES, srattc| gßmflcral A weekly Democratic lf — , ~ 11, i paper, devoted to Pol anil Sciences Ac. Pub- h'" lishod every Wednes- _ day, at Tunkhannock, ,£mQ jfq rF Wyoming County, Pa. v \ V ;H6w fJ | BY HARVEY SICKLER. Terms— l copy 1 year, (in advance) 51.50. I But pain within six months, 82.00 will be charged APVEiATISXKTG . 10 lines or ' \ \ I j less, make three \four tico three \ six ! ofie one square teeeks week ' moth nw'Ui mo'th year 1 Square LOO 1,25; 2.25 2,97; 3,00' 5,00 2 do. 2,00> 2,50! 3.25= 3.50; 4.50 6,00 3 do. 3,00: 3,75, 4,75' 5,50' 7,00= 9,00 I Column. 4,00; 4,50; 6.30j B,oo' 10,00; 15,00 do. 600 7,00f 10.00 12.00 17,00:25,00 • do. 8 OOf 9,50; 14,00- 19,00f 25,00; 35,00 1 do. 10,00 i 12,00117,00 22,00-29,00 40,00 Itusiness Cards of one square, with paper, 85. JOB WOIIK ef all kinds neatly executed, and at prices to suit \he times. _____ ftusiuf.ss IJotiffS. CJEO. S. TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, f Tunkhannock, Pa. Office in Stark's I3iick Block, Tioga. street. W~r M M. PIATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Of- W five in Stark's Brick Block, Tioga St., Tunk hannock, T'a. E) R.ckS, AV, LITTLE ATTORNEY'S AT, W LAW, Office on Tioga street, Tunkhannock t'a. US. COOPER, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON • Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa. LIME FOR ZARMERS, AS A FERTILIZE for sale at VERNOY Meshoppen. Sept. 18 1861. JV. SMITH, M. D , PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, • Office on Bridge Street, next door to the Demo crat Office, Tunkhannock, Pa. I>H. T C- BECKER . PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Would respectfully announce to the citizensof Wy oming that lie ' has located at Tuukhuunock where he will promptly attend to all calls in the line of his profession. JWill be found at home on haturdays of each week. WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE. TUNKHANNOCK,WYOMING CO., PA. THIS establishment has recently been refitted and furnished in the latest style Every attention will be given to the comfort and convenience of those who patronize the House. T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor. Tunkhannock, September 1!. IS6I. WORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA IV hi. 11. COR I RIGHT, Prop'r HA\ ING resumed the proprietorship of the above Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to fender the house an agreeable place of sojourn for •II who may favor it with their eustom. Win. H CCRTRIHHT. June, 3rd, 1863 Ulf aits fjotfl, TOWANDA, PA. D. B. BARTLET, [Late of the BBRAINARD HorsE, ELVIRA, N. Y. PROPRIETOR. The MEANS HOTEL, i-one of the LARGEST and BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country —It is fitted up in the most modern and improved style, and no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and agreeable stopping-place for all, v 3, n2l. ly M. GILMAN, CENTIST, M OILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk • hannock Borough, and respectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens of this place and urrounding country. ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS FACTION. • Lff Office over Tutton's Law Office, near th e Pos Office. Dec. 11, 186f. A GENTLEMAN, cured of Nervous Debility. In competency, Premature Decay and Youthful Error, act.ij.tee by a desire to benefit others, will be happy to furnish to alt who need it, (free of charge ), the recipe and directions for making 'he simple remedy osed m toe T.oso .-hing to profit by his, and mosMS a Valuable Remedy, wll reieive the came by return mail, (carefully sealed,) by addressing ' JOHN B. OGDEN No- 60 Nassau street, New York. y3-n4O-3m0.. TV* YOU WISH TO EE CURED 7—d 1J es hungry for me, and has only the ten derest words of love—a sweet smile for me always. " And you want to commit suicide ? Are you mad ?,' •' Shall I murder my daughter ? The life which she is now leading is her certain death," answered the old man, in despair. " Good, sir, come go with me to the near est inn that is still open, and let us drink a bottle of wine together. You will relate to me your history, and if you like, I w ill let you know mine. So much, however, will I sny to you beforehand. Chase all thoughts of 6clf-murder out of your head. lam rich, and if things be as you say, from henceforth you and your loving daughter shall lead a pleasant life." "TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "—Thomas Jefferson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 1864. The old man followed the younger without opposition. A few minutes later, over full glasses the elder began "My history is soon told. I was a mer chant's clerk, but always unlucky. Asl had notning for inheritance, and the girl I married was able to com mence business on myWWJPcCount, and so remained on to old age in a dependent sub ordinate position. Finally I was discharg ed on account of my years, and then began the straggle for subsistence. My wife died of trouble, and now my poor child wearies to gain my support. I cannot bear to see her working herself to death for me ; therefore, it is better I go. Now you know all." " Friesd," exclaimed the young man, "you are the most unfortunate man I evee encoun tered in my life. It is insane to call that misfortune. To morrow I will make my will, J rnd you shall be—no resistance—my heir—. The coming night is my last. Be fore this, however, I must see your daughter out of pure curiossity. I would for once see how one looks who really deserves the name of woman." " But, young man, what can it be that so early has made you so unhappy '?" question ed the elder, much moved. J "I believe it was the wealth which my I father left me- I was the only son of the richest banker in this ci'y. My father died five years since, leaving me more than was good for me. Since that time I have been deceived and betrayed by every one, without exception, with whom 1 have any connection. Some have pretended frendship for me on account of my money ; and so it went on I often mingle, dressed in the garb of a sim ple workman, with the masses, and thus one day became acquainted with a charming be ing—a young girl, to whom my whole hear: went out in love. I disclosed to her neither my name nor my position. I longed to be loved for myself alone, and for a time it ap peared as if I was going to be happy at last The young girl and I, whom she still regard ed as a simple workman, met every afternoon in the Marcusplatz, where we walked up and down together, passing many happy Hours.— One day, my girl appeared with red eyes— had been weeping—and told me we must part, confessing that her lite belonged t other ! With these words she from tne and disappeared in the o^wd. Her taithlessnqpfkAeci led Vainly did I rush into pleasures which, so called, good society has to offer, hut found inv lost piece of soul never, never ! I then determined to bring my joyless existence to a close." "Unhappy young man," said the elder wiping his eyes, "from my tyh.le hear. I pity you. I must acknowledge that I was more fortunate than you ; for I. a; least, was by two Women—my wife and daughter—touder ly loved." "Will you give me your address, good sir, that I tnav convince myself of the truth of your story ? It is not exactly mistrust, but 1 must see to believe. To morrow 1 will ar range my affairs, as I have already told you. Yon will remain in this inn to night, and early in the morning I will return. Give me your word of honor that you will not leave this house until I come back, and that you will not.in the meantime,speak to any one of what has taken place between us." "You have rny word. Go to my dwelling, to my daughter,and you will find that T have told you the simple truth. My name is VY d hclm Seibert. Here is my address." With these words he handed the young man a paper giving the locality of his dwell mg. It lay in a suburb inhabited by the r -corer class at some distance from the city proper. "And rny name is Carl Thomas, said the younz man. Take thh banknote; it will last until tnv return,'' Carl rang for (he waiter, had the proprie tor called, commended the old man to his care in suitable terms, and left 'he house. Hardly had the morning broke, when Carl found himself on his way to the suburb where lived the daughter of the old man with whom he had become acquainted under such peculiar circumstances. It was not without some trouble that he found tne house, Tt was a poor situation. The voun man knocked, opened the door, and invol untarily stepped back What did he see ? The young girl whos inconsistency had made his life unbeaaahle stood before him— She had grown pale—very pale ; but he knew her at the first glance. It was Bertha whom he once honed to calll his own. At his appearance the young girl sprang towards him, overcome with joy, holding out her little hand. The young man waved her back, exclaiming _ • " You did uot expect to see me ?" The young girl sank into a seat, and cover ed her pale, beautiful countenance with her hands. " Are you Wilhelm Seibert's daughter ?" aked the young man, quite aoldly, after pause* " I am, " answered the young maiden very timid ly. " And who or where is that other, to whom, as you told me at parting, your life belonged ?'* - " That other is my father,"' answered the young girl, looking up to the young man'a ■ace with a glance which spoke the ten derest love. With lightning quickness the truth dawn ed upon him ; the scales fell from his eyes, and suddenly all wa3 clear. Speechless he rushed to Bertha, took her in his arms and pressed her to his breast. " Come to your father," he faltered to the young girl. "My father? Oh ! i forgot, where is he ? He has been ont all nieht. I have watched for him in tears the long night through." " Your father is safe, he is with me," was Carl's answer, as he hurried the young girl onward through the streets to the arms of her father. A fortnight later in the midst of the great est splendor, the marriage of the rich banker Car! T lomas to Bertha Seibert took place. ASYOUX DING REVELATIONS. Senator Wilson, chairman of the Military C mmittee in the Senate, in a recent debate upon a motion to amend the couscription law, stated that since the 17th of October last, six hundred thousand white men aud one Lund red thousand negroes have been enlisted m the Union armies ; he, also, stated that sine that time one hundred and twenty-five mil lion dollars were expended in bounties. So? en hundred thousand men since last October is a pretty heavy draft upon the people, es ptcially in view of the present and coming conscriptions. But what in the name of all that's horrible, have become of these men ? Without the aid of those previously in the field, these seven hundred thousand ought to be sufficient to have marched from Washing ton to Charleston, South Carolina. We may with propriety and emphasis echo the World by enquiring, "was there ever such waste of blood and treasure since the world began ?" Were this statement to come from some Democrat, it might be disputed by the Loy al Leaguers and exclusive patriots , but its .author is no less a personage than the heavy Abolition*chairman of the Military Commit tee of toe L T , S. Senate ; its reliability, there fore. can not be questioned. Jt follows then that daring the past six months men and money enough have been raised to have crush ed the rebellion at once ; the question arises then why has it not been accomplished ? Senator Wilson may well say, remarks the World , that no nation in history has ever made such tremendous exertions as have the people of the North to supply men and mon ey.to their Government ; and he might have added, with equal justice, that history re cords no other instance of vast means so wickedly and idiotically wasted. We pre sume, however, that the secret of th s mat ter is, that the money has been spent, the men put upon the pay-rolls, but that thev are not to be found in the army. We verily believe that an investigation would show that of the one hundred and twenty five million dollars appropriated for recruits, at least one half of it found its way into the pockets of the fellows who are now bawling for Lin coln and Johnson. If seven hundred thous- ' ai J men have been eeeruited, the country has a right to know where they are, and it is amazing that this matter has not attracted more attention in Congress. It should be understood, moreover, that the number men tioned by Senator Wilson does not include the hundred-day men \ two thousand of whom, it is known, have been sent to the field. Another fact mentioned in this official de hate throws some light upon the expenditure of human life during the recent battlos in Virginia. General Grant, it is officially sta ted, was re enforced by forty-eight thousand men up to the Bth of June last. How many more Bince then is not known ; but it must be a very great number, as reinforcement are constantly going forward.— Ex. Demoralization of War. foncue cannot tell, pen cannot write, im agination cannot conceive of the demoraliz ing effects of this war upon society. It is not confined, by any means, to those whose sensibilities become hardc led by the barbari ties of war, but its effects pervade every ramification of society. It has thrown thou sands of helpless women on the streets in all the large cities and towns. Read the follow, ing from the Boston Post, of the 30ih ult.— It 6ay- : "A young girl, neatly though plainly dressed, was arrested by a police officer for improperly soliciting men upon the street. — When taken to the station-house she admit ted the charge, and sum she was compelled to adopt that course of life or starve. She came from Vermont, with her mother and another sister, because they could find no employment there. Since their removal the mother had been sick, and their support had devolve 1 upon this girl, who worked in a shop ou street, and received ten cents for making thirteen coat button holes, Work as hard as she might, could not earn enough to support the family, aud so was compelled to add to her earnings by going upon the street. She told her story plainly, but with an apparent feeling that she was justified by her necessities. Other facts known to the police corroborated her story, and there is no doubt that 6he was driven to a life of shame.' Such facts show that there is still work for Philanthropists and reformers at home, even in Boston. AN AWFUL REBUKE TO THE CLERGY, Under the head of " Dead Faith and an Apostate Church," the Presbyterian deals some terrible blows at the head of the bloody inffdel minister of the United States, who have litterally turned our churches into devs of thieves. It says : _ We loudly thought that, poised upon the truth animated by the grace, and obliged by the commands of her glorious Head, the Church would have proved a bulwark against the rushing tide of evil. We thought she would be an oasis in the desert, where wea ry travellers might refresh themselves ; wc thought she Would be an island in the stor my sea, where shipwrecked mariners might find safety and shelter. We did not expect to hear in her solemn assemblies the voice of human anger, much less of satanic malice. We believed that in the hour of civil commo tion, when S'ales were sundered, and armies met in the shock of battle, she would lift up holy hands without wrath and doubting, and implore her Master to drop from heaven the olive branch ot peace : that she would gath er her sons and her daughters about her and say to theia' "My children love one another." that she would lay one hind upon Ephrlara and the other upon Manassah, and bless them both. We need not say how sadly we have been disappointed. In sp ; te of her boasted conservatism and fidelity to princi pie, this once venerated body, at one Sou nd broke every bond of truth and charity, in effect renounced her allegiance to her great Head, and allied herself with his arch enemy. Soe has turned asids from her Master' 6work and through her highest courts, and through hundreds of her pulpits, is engaged in propo gating political ideas and in sounding the dread tocsin of war. Hor rncient schools of }he prophets—where linger ibe memories and repose the ashes of Illustrious dead have been perverted to the advocacy of a cruel war, and of a godless and inhuman Abolitionism. Her most widely circulated newspaper, that used to howl so frantically whenever an Episcopalian was appointed to chaplaincy in the army or navy, is now the whining slave of the power that lords it over God's heritage, and is rejected in disgust by Christian and loyal men, on the ground that it is no longer a religious paper. Her old est quarterly Review now receives its inspi ration from disappointed military command ers, who failing of success in the field, have become "thecommunicating intelligence" of absurd politics ai.d impracticable campaigns. He clergy in many instances vie with each other not in fidelity to God and the souls of men but in devotion to party and in zeal for the carnage of battle. Amid this furious babble of pditics and war, we look in vain fcr the Magna Charta of tlie annunciation, "Glory to God in the h'ghest ;On earth peace, and goodwill to men." It is appalling to aee the Church of God spue from her mouth the Gospel of peace, and bawl herself hoarse in stimulat ing the ferocious passions of men, and caro rnzing the red-handed fiend of the battle field 1 Where is her former hatred of Abo litionism, now that she is causing her own children to pass through the fire of Moloch, and in gloating over the prospect to servile insurrection ? What shall we say of the distinguished clergymen, who so loudly applauded Mr* Yau Dyke's sermon on that sagject, and who now lift up their hands and roll their eyes in pious horror at the sin of slavery ? Shall we say as the world says of them, that they have either been practicing a gros c deception all their lives, or are yield ing to unmanly fear? ShaH wo adopt the humiliating charge so freely made, that as a body the clergo of this country have been less reliable, more unwilling to Facraficetheir positions to principle, more shuffling and cowardly, and b' ;od-thirsty, than any other class of men in it? Shtll we repeat the sneer, that rather than give up their places and their salaries, they will preach and pjav under the dictation of a turbulent faction of their churches, or the bitter taunt of the sol dier, who on being reproved by one of them for swearing, replied, " I will not be rebuked by you. sir ! I have exposed *ny life for three years in the war and but for preacheu there would have been no war !" We de sire to bring no railsng accusations, neither to jude any man, but by their fruits shall yc know them, and the frdits of all their labors •,s that they, ohe Church, ond religion itself are brougt into contempt among men. The Lord Jesus seems to have averted His face, and the Spirit of Grace to have departed from the scene of strife and fanaticism, and bound in the toils of the devil, and exposed to the hooting of the world, nothing is left to us bnt a ' 'Bead Faith and an Apostate i Church." A STRIKING CONTRAST —Mr. Chase and the State of New Jersey asked for a loan at the same time. Both loans were for six per cent, but with this difference, that Mr. Chase's interest was payable in gold, thus being twice as valuable as the other. Mr. Chase got a part of his taken at premeums varying from 104 to 106. A large share, however, wa* not tokens. New Jersey bad tour tunes as much oQered as she wanted, and some of it as high as 108. 1 his looks very much as if New Jersey had a far better credit than the United States. The fact is that New Jersey is under Democratic rule and the United States is conttolled by the Abolitionist-,may perhaps explain the reason i— Age ■ - TBn.MB: SI.SO PER ANMtJM GREAT NAVAL BATTLE BETWEBN THE ALABAMA AND KEARSAGE. The AUltmu Sunk after ail Hour's Fight Inf. THE REBEL CAPTAIN WOUNDED. ( Correspondence of the London Timet.) Southampton, Monday. The English steam yacnt Deerhound, be longing to Mr. John Lancaster, of Hindley hall, W ijon, Lancashire, arrived here last' night and fancied Captain Semrne9 (Oom mander of the late confederate steamer Ala bama,) thirteen officers and twenty-six men, - whom she rescued from drowning after the <' action offCharbourg yesterday which result- * ed in the destruction of the world renowned Alabama. From interviews held this morn ing with Mr. Lancaster, with Captain Jones (master of the Deerhound.) and with somo cf Die Alabama's officers, and from informa tion gleaned in other quarters, I am enabled' to furnish you with some interesting particu lars connected with the fight between the Alabama and the Kearsage. THE YACHT DEF.RHOt'ND.' The Deerhound is a yacht of one hundred and ninety tons and seventy horse power, and her owner is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cywes, and of the Royal Mer sey \ acht Club. By a somewhrt singular coincidence she was built by Messrs, Laird & Son, of Birkenhead, and proof of her fleet ness is furnished by the fact that she steam ed home from the scene of action yesterday at the rate of thirteen knots an hour. On arriving at Cherbourg, at 10 o'clock on Sat urday night, by railway from Caen, Mr. Lan caster was informed by the Captain of nis }acht, which was lying in awaiting his arrival, that it was reported that the Al abama and the Kearsage were-going out to fight each other in the morning. Mr. Xan castcr, whose wife's niece, and family were also on board bis yacht, at once determined, to go out in the morning and see the combat. PRELIMINARIES OF THE EXGAGEmJ^ The Alabama left Cherbourg about 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, and the Kear sage was then several miles out to seaward, with her stem up ready for action. The " Erench plated ship of war Coronue followed the Alabama out of harbour, and stopped when the vessels were a league off the coast, her object being to see that there was no vi. " olation of the law of nations by any fight taking place within the legal distance from 1 land. The combat took place about hme " miles trom Cherbourg, and as there are some slight <11 11" rences (as might naturally be ex- " peered under tlie circumstances) in relation to the period over which it lasted, and other matters, it may be well here to reproduce from Mr. Lancaster's letter in The Times of this morning the subjoined extract from the log kept on board the Deerhound : THE iTGHT AS SEEN FROM THE YACHT. Sunday, June 10,9 a. M. —Got up steam and proceeded out of Cherbourg harbor , 10: 30,—The Alabama commenced firing with he- starboard battery, the distance be- " tween the contending vessels being about | one mile. The Kearsage immediately re plied with her starboard guns ; a very sharp spirited firing was then kept up, shot some times being varied by shells. In maneuver ing both vessels made seven complete circles at a distance of from a quarter to halfa mile. At 12 a slight intermission was observed in the Alabama's firing, the Alabama making head sail, and shaping her course for the land, distant about nine miles. At 12: 30 observed the Alabama to be disabled and in a sinking state. We immediately made to ward her. and on passing the Kearsage were requested to assist in saving the Alabama's crew. At 12: 50, when within a distance of * two hundred yards, the Alabama sank Wo •>, then lowered our two boats, and, with tho - of the Alabama's whale boat and dingy, succeeded in saving about forty men, including Captaiu Semines and thirteen offi cers. At Ip.M. we steered for Southamp-.-. tea. .. * Increate OF " OorPERHEADS."—If wo '• ' can credit the Abolition papers, the crop of i " Copperheads" is multiplying by myriads. . At first they adplied tho epithet to only a i few Democrats, and finally to all who oppose • Lincoln and his policy. Now Ilowrrd, the forger, who was Lincoln's bosom friend, and walks in Filton's sanctury. is called a " Cop- - perhead." Beecher, Wendell Philps, Fie mont, Cochrane, and the thousonds of radi cals who part in the Cleveland ConVeiv iion, are called "Copperheads." In their eyes, Plymouth Church is "Copperhead" institution, and the Independant is the chief of "Copperhead" organs. In cutting off all ; who opposed tho administration, the Lin— colnites have severed the head and body of the party, and have nothing left but a small portion of the tail, which still " wrigglea" fiantlj.— Kr. I,hc Brewers of Philadelphia,- hv, contributed $ 15,000 to the Sanitary E*ir> VOL. 3, NO. 47