HARVEY SICKLER, Editor.
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TUNKHANNOCK, PA
> Wednesday, Dec 7, 186 4
"What ia the Matter I
it* •
The pious, sweet- scented, thanksgiving
day—observing editor of the Republican, in
an article, week before last, exhorted every
body to attend to oid Abe's thanksgiving
day. Assuming that but few would pay any
attention to it he goes on te say :
" For Ourselves we intend to obey the call, not
knawing at this present writing who is to occupy the
pulpit, whether he. has or has not failed to preach in
accordance with our zieics. Vould it not be i
grand spectacle to see for once the Psalmist's thril
ling invocation obeyed. ' Let the peojJe praise tbec
0 Gad, iat all the people praise thee.' "
Tliera being but two established churches
In our town —the Methodist and Presbyteri
an—it had, for many years, been the custom
to.have but one regular Thanksgiving ser
mon on that day; the Ministers of these
two chmches, preaching alternately ; and as
a matter of courtesy and good fellowship
etch occupying the other's pulpit. In this,
the fourth year of the reign of Abraham the
lit, "the whirligig of time," brought around
Mr. Lane, the i'resbyferiari Minister's turn.
' Mr. Lane was on hand at the appointed time
and place ; i e : at the Methodist church; and
preached, what he doubtless supposed to be,
■u ipprnpriate Thanksgiving sermon. The
pious editor was there too—at least we as- J
same that he Was, for (while he has publicly '
declared that he would not obey the laws of, !
hie country,) wo feel certain that he would
go through fire and brimstone, to obey the
proclamation of old Abe, at whose will he '
hutde a petty office, and besides, he declared '
his iuteution to "obey the call"—whether !
the preacher, who was to officiate, "had or
had not failed to preach iu accordance with ,
Lie views." lie "obeyed the call"—helped
as far as such a meek, humble, sanctim nious !
being could, to make up that "grand specta- j
ele," and heard the Thanksgiving sermon'
preached by Mr. Laue. In his last week's !
Republican , be entirely ignores the Thauks j
giving fe mon preached by Mr, Lane or any j
body else, on that day ; but notices, in very !
commendatory terms, a political harangue i
and tirade of abusive, slanderous, and parti- j
tan charges against "the sympathizers with
•Mvvry, copperneads &c." This, the piou< j
editor, doubtless thinks "was obeying the j
Paahnist'a,thrilling invocation 'Let all the pen
pie praise, thee O God"and dubs u il ßrow n s
combe's Thanksgiving Sermon on Sabbath
Evening." He regrets hie want of space to j
gtve|to the public "the more prominent points
of tberdiscoorse." It is certainly unfortu- j
Bate both for the pieos edi tor and the nigger
worshipping,preacher that tho columns of!
hit paper were so crowded as to preclude the ;
(ratification of his wish to do so. It seems 1
too bad that such a pious sermon, should'
have to giveaway to .long winded, political
articles and love stories , and that too, in a
pious paper, with a pious editor! What a
pity it is, that while he hss bad columns of j
•pace for politics, so much piety and religion
should have beecr simmered down into two
short paragra phs!
We are not the defender or chanyrk n of thi
Rev. Mr. Lane. We are not a regular attend
Mt at his church ; and we feel almost cer
tain that we shall give him occasion - for re
gret, if not offense, hy making such free use
ofhis name in this article. What we wish
to get at, is this : Why did the pious ed
itor—who is a regular communicant at Mr.
L'a Church— give the go-by—pass over as
unworthy of notice— a regular Thanksgiving
sermon preached by him. on the dag s< t apart
for such services; and notice in terms of
such great praise, Brownscombe's impious,
abolition harangue, delivered </n Sabbath ev
ening, a time when his hearers had a right
to expect that be woul/preach of "Christ
snd him crucified," and not of the crucifi d
Bigger T
Mr.L's sermon, probably contained no
allusion to "brudder AbrrvV' sable deity.
Dot's vhat'sjde matter !
tifiST Congress assembled at Washington
■ Monday last. The President's message
was, probably, read yesterday. It is rumor
ed that be will take "strong- r grounds" on
the nigger question than heretofore. We
should like to know what more could be done
to aaake that lanimal emit a stronger odor
thau now comes up from b in.
car The Pamphlet Laws, of the last
aessiun of the Legislature, have been received
by the Prothonotary. Justices of the Peace
and others entitled to thorn, can get them by
calling at that office. They make up a pon
derous Book, nearly twice the size of former
year#. The laws ol general importance occu
pj, probably, less thau one twentieth of the
volume.
Xtarr AMINO TBK rnEsn.*Exr —WRA W. lievbur
gar was arrested yesterday afternoon, charged with
•aswag Prwideiit Lincoln.- [Baf/imort Sun o/Sat-
Itrdmg.
.The above we print as a characterietic item
IWthe historical record now being made up
'tw this last half of the nineteenth century,
sad in "the grea' modern republic," the
United States of America ! The reader will
plaaaa not commit the error—natural euough
we admit—of supposing that the little "local
item" above occurred in the dominions o
■owl autocratic tyrant, or far away back in
the dark ages. The arrest "/or cursing
L l Tn Lincoln" was made on Friday, De
1804, in this our own "happy
ana. "God bless Abraham Lincoln."— Age
Spook About.
We have heard f<r several days past fttOft
i marvelous stories pfthe pranks of witches,
rapper®,spirits, or spooks, around the house
; of a Mr. Asel Smith, iu Eaton Township .this
j county. It is asserted these invisible
: agents, haw on Vino or two ocensicns cut and
haggled a piece of cloth in the loom—cut baits
; of knitting yarn, in shreads, while in the
j hands of different persons of the family—
bent knitting needies into the shape of ox
: bows—untied and disheveled the hair of the
women—besmeared them with spittle, and
cut such fantast'o tricks, generally, as moke
1 one's hair stand on end to hear of. All
the#e strange doings, are said to accompany
the person of the Grand daughter of Mr.
Smith, a girl of about twelve years of age;
• and who is apparently free froin trick or de
* ception—being herself greatly frightened and
j annoyed at the presence of these troublesome
| visitors. Not having seen any of these mys
! teriouß manifestations, wo will not vouch for
i the correctness of the rumors. Assuming
1 them to bo true, we would suggest as a prob
1 able explanation, that it is lhegbo6t or spook
1 of the runaway rigger, H->lmes, who, doubt
less. feeling aggrieved that the pot-bellied
parson, Kenedy, has nnt yet built his monu
ment, (but pocketed the fund raissd for that
purpose) has concluded to haunt the old fel
low. Hut being a rather "igerant Nigger,"
lias mistaken the house in which he resides.
Hence these fancy didoes around the house
of Smith. If some of the long haired medi- j
1 utns, o f which the country abounds, would
only fell the ghost of the injured nig, of its j
mistake, we presume the Smith family would '
be rid of it. The greasy Parson, Jakey,
1 would then come in for his just deserts
Let this dark spook be enlightened.
The Trials tu Columbia County.
For some time past, the trial of a number
jof parties, arrested under a charge of resisl
: big and obstructing the operations of the
draft in Columbia County, has been going on
for the alleged oSence before a military com
mission. Three of them, John Rantz, Sam
uel Kiine, and William Appleinan, have been
convicted of a conspiracy to resist the dratt
in Columbia county, in this State, and sen
tenced as follows; llantz, to imprisonment
in Fort Mifflin for two years, and a fine of a
thonsand dollars ; Kline fo two years' im
prisonment, and Appleinan to a fine of five
hundred dollars and one year imprisonment
Gen. Couch has confirmed the decision of
military court.
The counsel for the prisoners entered their
protest at an early 6tage of the proceedings
against the attempt to try these men by mi!#
itary commission, demanding that the matter
be referred to the civil authorities. Their
proles', being unheeded, they withdrew from
the defence, and the result of the trial is as
above stated. Although an express provision
of the Conscription law it mcumbent
upon the military authorities to refer all cas
es of violation of that act to the civil courts
for trial, this provision was igtu red in the
recent asses of this character in Columbia
county, Pa. It appears that the Adui'uis.
tralion does not even observe the laws of its
own making, saying nothing of constitutional
laws.
The office holders have a great deal to say 1
about ttie Democratic party being " wiped
out" in the late elections, and have boasted
that there was but a "corporai'# guard"' of
the supporters of McOleilan. but the offi.
cial returns, when collected, will make a re- 1
cord that will admonish these croakers to i
bewate of future elections. We think that !
McCiellan has received a larger vote, by
nearly half a million, than any other defeated
candidate ; that he had more votes than any
successful candidate in former election, with
oue exception ; and that, the Democratic vote
wa6 larger last month,than that cast by them
on any former occasion, in the same States,
by man}* thousauds.
llow idle then for enemies of the party to
croak about the Democratic party being i
"Dead and buried"—as if over a million and i
a half of Freemen could be annihilated.
We never despair of the Republic; the
Democratic party will live while there is a
vestige of Constitutional liberty, and will
struggle, under any an 1 all circumstances, I
for the resti ration of the authority of the
Constitution over the Union of the Slates.—
Such was our batllacry ; for that we shall
still labor, let the hopeful day be deferred ev
en more than "four years more."— Ex.
MAXIMILIAN TO BE RECOGNIZED.— The
statement in the Courier des tat Unis, that
Maximilian has refused to have anything to
do with the S> uthcrn Confederacy, and will
recognize it, is insignificant, in connection
with the follow ng passages in a letter in the
same paper, dated October 24.
"I* can assure you that Mr. Dayton has
given to M. Drouyan de Lhuys the a e sur.
tnce that if Mr. Lincoln is rc-electcd, not
only will he not attempt anything against
/he new order of things in Mexico, but. fur
ther, that ho will officially recognize it as
as soon as he is rid of his Congress after the
4th of March. I hove this from a good
source, in trusting to which I have never had
reason to repent."
So we presume the arrangements has been
for Maximilian not to intrigue with the Con
federates, in which case he wiil be recogniz
ed by the Lincoln administration as soon as
Congress is got out of the way.
MEETING or ELECTORS. —The Electors ol
President and Vice President will meet on
the first Wednesday (the 7lb) of December,
at the Capitals of their respective States, to
cast their votes, which are sent to tlie Presi
dent of the Senate, (the lion Hannibal Ham
lin) aud counted before both Houses of Con
gress on the second Wednesday (the Sth) of
Febuary 1865.
JESTT here is no n,tn so doep but that
he has a shallow place.
j THE WAV
t (Prom Iba Pbiladelphia'Ajje, of AlonJay, 5tU, inst.
We are st'.H unabltf to gjve the exact posi
tion of GrneialftKfetman. A WasbiDgfcio
(Uopateh states fht taforimfticn ?hiijd ifcderi r©-
ceived there that Sherman'* adracee nd
' had captured Mitten, V tdw io Geopjjia.ilx-
ty miles southwest of Augusta. This occurr
ed on November 29th. Two days previous
ly, Sherman sent a force of cavalry io ad
i vance of hiiu jxith orders to
! eoast at Port Roytl, the nearest point. The
cavalry crossed the Augusta and Savannah
( Railroad, at Waynesboro, thirtY-sia miles
j south of Augusta. It is reported tan they
' captured a Confederate passenger'train, "bat
! after remaining at Gaynesboro a very short
i time, the Confederates attacked them.
' The cavalry were dispersed and many cap
tured. Some, however, succeeded in reach
| ing the sea coast, and no doubt communicate
ed the intelligtdee, which was brought to
to New York by the steamer from Port Royal
' on Saturday, and sent thence to Washington.
' At Port Roj-al, when the steamer left, there
' was great excitement. The publication of
1 the news papers was prohibited in order to
' prevent any news from Sherman being made
' made known. All the troops were collected
!in an expedition which was sent oft to soma
' unknown romt, where Sherman would be
met. Shejtuan wdl pass far sonfh of Augus
ta. When he wa= at Mitten, on November
29th, he was sixty miles southwest of Au
gusta ; seventy miles east of Macon ; and
about one hundaed miles northwest of Sa
vannah and Port Loyal. These two places
are but thirty miles from each other,
We print this morning a great amount of
Southern news, which, however, sheds bul
little light upon the situation in Georgia, be
yond the intelligence of Sherman's gradual
march southeast, toward the coast. It is un
certain whether Sherman intends to march
to Port or Savannah. The latest in
formation we have is a report that on Nov*
30th, Sherman's advance was forty miles
from Fort Royal,'but whether maching to
ward that place or Savannah, is not sta
ed. Admiral Dahlgren and Gen. Foster
are at Port Royal, and are said to have open,
ed communications with Sherman. They
have sent otit expeditions which are co-oper
ations with his column. If these reports are
true. General Sherman has virtually reached
the coast, though, unless he attacks Savan
nah, what use it if, except as a means of get
ting his iinny away from Atlanta, is difficult
to tell.
The reports of the recent battle at Frank
lin, Tennessee, now state the Federal loss at
fifteen bundle 1. The Federal troops have
retreated all the way to Nashville and occupy
the defenses of the city, forming a line, each
end of which rests on the Cumberland river
above and below the city. The confederate
cavalry have followed the Federal retreat.&are
in plaiu view from high buildings in the town.
No infantry are seen,however. General Ilood,
no doubt, is enaaged in destroying the Nash
ville and Chattanooga Railroad. This road is
cut and the wires are down, so that no news
can be had of his operations. On Saturday
an order was iseued to send the rolling stock
of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad to
Louisville, for fear of a raid, but tie order
was aftei wards countermanded. The Con
federates have already sent a raiding party
to Gallatin, on this railroad, twenty milos
southeast of Nashville, which captured two
hundred head of cattle.
From Panama we hare news of a confed
erate plot to capture on of the California
steamers. The plot was discovered, and the
party, seven in number, were, on November
10th, seized on board the steamir Salvador,
outside the harbor of Panama. They were
pot on board the United States frigate, Lau
caster, which returned with the prisoners to
Padama. Application was made on the 12'h
to the President af Granada, for permission
to pass thera over the Isthmus. This was
refused, and it was supposed they would be
sent across on the responsibility of the Amer
lean Consul.
Everything is quiet in front of Petersburg.
General Lee report# a recent artillery duel
between the gunboats on the James, near
Dutch Gap, in which no damage was done,
however. General Butler has made a new
corps in his army under General Wcitid.—
It is to be exclusively composed of negroes.
General Pope is said to have been already
given a command in Grant's army. He is
now in Washington.
Captain Strumas' new privateer, is now at
Maderia. She was the "sea Kmg," but is
now called the Shenandoah. She is repre
sented aa having an armanent equal to that
of the Florida.
George D. Prentice, of the Louisville Jour
naly was in Richmond on November SO
He went there to visit his son, by permission
of the authorities on both sidea. M>jor B.
W. Brice has been made Paymaster General
of the army.
DEC. GTH. F
There is no longer any doubt that General
Sherman's collumn is marching on Savannah.
On November 24th, the advance was at Mil -
len, one hundred miles northwest of Savan
nah. The Confederates were in front of him
retarding his march, but not able to check it
By November oO'h, Sherman had marched
sixty miles and was forty mile 6 northwest of
Savannah. The Confederates were still in
front of him interfering with his progress.—
On December 24, last Friday, his cavalry ad
vance was six miles from Savannah. The
main body had not yet come up, and the at
tack oc Savannah could not have been begun
until three or four days afterwards. In all
their marches Forrest and Wheeler, with
large bodies of cavalry, Irarrasaed the Feder
al flanks and rear. Every straggler was
picked up and tnany of the foregoing parties
were captured, Seven hundred Federal prls
oners bed been brought into Augusta alone.
Thestrmolestatioiw necessarily retarded Shef
man's.march, and he has not beon able to
move faster than ten miles a day. At Sa
yWrTfaTiTTie Confederates WW preparing
i him. For a Week before last Friday great
numbers of troops passed south over the
■ rtifroad from Charleston, being seat from
j Align its. General Hardee rcabbed Savan
nah on November 23, and Gerertl Beauro
garden the 27th. By the time Sherman
began bis attack, the garrison was very
strong. Shermantias inarched all the way
on the west side of the Savannah River
-This stream is deep and wide, and the tide
ebbs and flows. No attempt" to cross over,
as if Port Royal wa9 to be the end q/ tiro
marcb, is reported. In a short time we
6hould hear dbfinitely from General Sherman
Gen. Beatiregard, before leaving for lire
Atlanta coast, made a report of the Federal
evacuation of Decatur by Thomas upon his
retreat to Nashville. Before leaving, the
Federal Troops burned their store houses,
filled with provisions. Fifteen pontoon
boats were captured by the Confedeiatcs.
Thcro is no change in the situation at
Nashville, Hood and Thomas still confront
each other in the outskirts of the city.—
Communication with Chattauooga is stil
bioken.
All is quiet at Petersburg, and we bear
nothing ot the Dutch Gap Canal,
Thoughts Suggested in Fort Mifflin.
WHILE CONFINFD AS A CITIZEN PRISONEf, OR
THE GOih DAT OF CONFINEMENT.
On the morning of the above named day, it
was announced at the entrance of our cell
that the day of our deliverance was drawing
near. With what a thrill of joy it was re
ceived ; like a shock of electricity it ran
through the crowd. Countenances that
looked wan and pale, wiih anguish depicted
in every feature, now brightened up, and
were cheerful like the storm-tossed mariner,
during the long, dreary night, wtaching with
anxious eye llie first ray of light that radi
ates the oriental sky that he may direct his
sterm tossed vessel to a haven of repose. Sd
in this dreary cell, during this Jong night of
confinement, what earnest longings ! The
very depths of our inmost soul would swell
up and grasp at the first glimmer or ray of
light that afforded the faintest hope of deliv
erance. No pen can descrtbj our feelings ;
none but those who have been similarly situ
ated can appreciate the delightful sensation
produced when the welcome news greeted
our ears. Loved ones at home, all the ten
der associations, all the ties of consanguinity j
in fact all that makes life worth living for'
and that had so much to do in keeping up
my (spirits. loomed up; and, among the oh
jects of adoration on earth, is tho polar star
of my affections, was the pleasing thought
of aga ; n soon seeing my dear, old mother,
whose tottering frame and f< eb!e step warn
ed me tint her departure wis near at hand.
That look of despair, cast upon me, with at
the depths of a mother's love, when dragged
from her presence by the military, never will
be effaced as long as reason assert* her
throne , and tho livid imploring lo.k of im r ;
companion, as she sprang from her bed, half
clad, exclaiming "Oh ! you will not take h'm
what has he done 7 " llow vividly all this f
has rushed through my miud, while in this 1
dark and lonely cell; and then, again, my
innocent children, who were wrapt in the
deep slumher o.'earlo twilight. llow inv
imagination has pictured their anguish, when
they awoke, and,in tbeir childish simplicity
would-inquire for papa* Snatched away with
out even the privilege ifa parting kiss, now,
when the time has.come when it is reported
by the officers that I will again soon be re
leased and permitted to see and enjoy loved j
ones at home, my feelings almost overcome j
me. I will think, perhaps, it is only a dream i
that the mind as well as the body fro n con- |
finement has lost its vitality ; then the words
will repeat themselves, not to be misunder j
stood : "Men, you are all soon to be released.' \
But how uncertain are a'l human calculations
Twc weeks have elapsed, and still here.
I have often thought of the words of an an
cient writer, and now am convinced of their
truthfulness, that "Nations lose more morally
in times of war,than materially." The pro
fanity and obscenity that have ccmo unde r
my observation during my military confine
ment, exceed anything I can portray on pa
per. Coupled with the above-named vices,
there 6eems to bean almost universal prono
ness to drunkenness; of course, honorable
exceptions, There are tnen whose moral
tra ning and character resist the temptation
but they are very 6carce.
o;.r treatment was inhuman. When first,
taken and incarcerated in this cell, not a
stool or bench to rest our weary limbs on ;
not a cup, or knife, or fork, or plate—and
these few indispeusible articles were purchas
ed at exhorbitant prices,ed attend with vexa
tious delay. Forty-four of U3 in one cell,
without even a separate place to attend to
the calls of natare, it is no wonder that one
of our nu nber was soon laid in his last rest
ing place, and ui.iny others prostrated by
disease.
My dear brother, when I look back over
the scene,and knowing niv own sensitive
uess, I marvel that my health is as good as it
is. Gd be praised for the same, together
with the warm sym pathv of kind friends at
home, coupled with an inward assurance that
1 have a conscience devoid of offence. Good
bye, brother, for the present ; hoping soon to
meet you in a more pleasant place than this,
I remain your affectionate brother,
JAMES McIIENKY
Furt Mifflin, Pa. Nov 1, 18G4.
CLOSING up THE WAR. —Our Republican
friends have promised to close up the war by
putting an end to the rebellion in a very
short time.
All Democrats will rejoice at such a re
sult. The Administration has it all its own
way, ail the men and money it calls for. the
same as in the past three years. No Demo
crat obstructs or will obstruct its course.
Wc shall he glad to hnvc the war ended
speedily, for its expenses arc enormous and
its destruction of life is great.
Let us even hold our belief in obeyance,
and await tbe good time ofpeace and the Un
ion with the prosperity and glory of the pa at.
But we fear it will be too loug co ming.—
h rerW[ford Jrgos.
Onr PrleewMW*
liie limes , we are'luppy to |ec, is print !
ing articles and testimony as to the condition
of our prisoner at AoderaonvU{e. Too taocjtj
cannot be said on this subject. We have fre- j
quently alluded to it, and would have pressed I
its consideration upon the public more strong, j
| ly but for the conviction that oor advocacy '
did more harm than good*— The Republican
press having established as a rule, that to
doubt or deny any position of the administra
tion was evidence or disloyalty aiitt attorney- 1
ship for rebels, the interest we felt in the,
prisoners absolutely injured their condition ;
and as we could not lament their fato with—
! out pointing out that the exchange was btop- ,
, ped by an untenable position of our auihorL
ties, we preferred to be silent.
{ Tni6 in scry is mainly dae to the fact that ,
; the abuiinistration has undertaken to compel !
| the C. 3. A. to admit that a slave taken by 1
• our forces, and used by them as a soldier,'
j shall not be restored to his original status
when rucaptnrod.
We confess to the (perhaps) bad fashion of
consulting precedents before It ruling an opin
ion, and as we found in the decisions ol the
Supreme Court of the United States that "an
interest acquired in wer by possession is di
vested by the loss of possession," we could
not tegard the claim of our authorities as sus
tainable.
Rut the doctrine being accepted by our
Republican neighbors, that after the United
-Slates had taken a petition they could not
without loss of dignity abandon it, we could
see no further use in discussion. We con
tented ourselves with expressing the wish
that the confederate authorities would, in the
interest of humanity, yield the point of pride,
There is a radical difference between us
and the Republicans upon the manner of con
ducting this war, which those gentlemen,
with their usual urbanity, style disloyalty.—
To our view, the army is merely the minis
ter of the law, and its function is to over*
come opposition, not to propagate ideas. So
the function of the administration is to es
tablish the authority of the law, and nothing
mure.
The administration has cfrcson to attack
the institution of slavery as "a military ne- ]
cessily." We think its action a military ,
blunder. It was perfectly natural that it |
6hould do so, having been brought iuto pow- '
er for the purpose >f attacking slavery, which I
we fh 'Uglit and still think a political blunder, j
We now urge upon the Times and Tribune
thai course which we urged before, an ex- j
change of prisoners man for man, reserving as
hostages a sufficient number to ofT-et the ;
slave soldiers captured. It is not only bad j
faith to our soldiers, but bau calculation, to
do otherwise. Whether a foreigner's obliga- '
lion to the service extends beyond the term j
for which he is enlisted, niay be well doubted i
but between a prison at Andersonyiile, and j
service under PAT CCEBLRNK, the ordinary j
mind will not be apt to hesitate very long— j
DugalJ Dalgetty would not have balanced on j
it a moment. In the name of common justice j
common sense, and common humanity. let all ,
Democrats and Republicans alike recognize j
no duty more sacred than the restoration of '
our gallant soldiers to liberty and their
homes.— World.
Hew >1 urat Died.
The sentence o' the military commission
wa-i read to him with due solemnity. He
listened to it as he would have liste ned to
the cannon of another battle during his mili
tary life, without emotion or bravado. He
neither asked for pardon, for delay, nor for
appeal. He had advanced, of his own accord, j
toward the door, a if to accelerate the catas
trophe. The door opened on a narrow es
planade lying between the towers of the cas. :
lie and the outer walls. Twelve soldiers
with loaded muskets, awaited him there.— j
The narrow space did not pecmit him to
stand at a sufficient distance to deprive his
death of apart of its horror. Murat in
stepping over the threshold of the chamber
found himself face to face with them. He
refused to have his eyes bandaged, and look
ing at the soldiers with a firm and benevo
lent smile, said, "My friends, do not make
me suffer, by taking bad aim, The narrow
space com|>els you almost to re6t the muzzle
of your muskets on my breast; do not trem
ble ; do not strike ino in the face ; aim at
my heart—here it is." As he spoke
he placed his right hand upon his coat, to
indicate the position of bis heart. In his
left hand he held a small medallion, which
contained the one focus of love, the image of
his wife and four children, as if he wiehed
thus to make to make them witnesses of his
deafhlook.lle fixed his eye 6 on this portrait,&
received the deathblow in the contemplation
of all he loved on earth. Ilis body, pierced
at so sh( rt a distancd with twelve balls, fell,
with his arms open, and his face towards the
earth, as if st ill embracing the kingdom ho
once possessed, and which he had come to
re-corquer for his tomb. They threw his
cloak upon hi- body, which was buried in the
Cathedral of Pizzi.
The I. ate Popular Vote.
The following is a pretty close approxima
tion to the popular vole cast at tho la'o
Presidential election throughout the United
Slates :
Lincoln nd Johnson 1,950,000.
McCTellan nnd Pendleton 1,700,000.
Majority for Lincoln 250,000.
The President has hardly five per ant ma
jority on the total vote. For every hundred
votes for Lincoln in'the loval States, there
have been cast ninety live for his Dcmoeiatic
competitor, and a large part of this excess
was given in New England. In llie Central
Western and Border Slates McClellan has
some ninety.eigbt votes to Lincoln's one hun
; dred,despite all the great advantages possess
! Ed by the latter, and which were powerfully
and unscrupulously used.
—t&CAt AMO PWWitM,
Wanted, ob nAserlption, at this offlos, Wheat,
Cufti. Rye, Oats, Buekwheat, Butter, Cheese. Plow'
PtotttoM, Turnips, Besns, Pork, Beef, Poultry nai
EVery Body Says, we ' have had S uite a spell
of weatber" fof the paet tea days—-"what every
*y must be true."
The Ilraft, which was to have been made last
week, we are informod, has been postponed for a
few-tayi. g | jf.a
Donation.—The friends o'Rev. C. R. Lane are
invited to make kitn a Donation visit at Kelley's
Ilall in Sterl iwgville, Wednesday Dee. I4tk 1864.
'*•-/ f , ■, 0
Leg Broken.—Morgan Maxwell, a resident of
Washington Township, in this County, had his leg
broken one day Inst week, by a Kick from his herse,
which he was driving dewn the leng hill, about a
a mile above this place,
Ths Rev, Mr. Peek, who was drafted and he Id
to servioe, we are informed deposited 6500, with the
board of enrollment fer the purpose of procuring a
substitute. The arrangement to secure him a fat
chaplaincy in the amy, having fatted, this wr
preacher shirks the musket, and doubtless, *r< this
time, some poor fellow ha* donned the shoddy,as a
substitute for him. This "sub." of course, will be
susiaine 1 through all tie trials privations, and dan
gers of camp-life by the prarers of his principal,who
while ho is in favor of a "vigorous prosecution of the
war" prefers eating the minced pies and "yaller-leg
ged" chickeas of his parishoners to the beuns and
salt pork of Uncle Sam .
"The Buehler House," at Ilarrigbnrg, wkteh
has been kept for a number of years by Gso. J.
Bor.TOS, formerly of this place, has lately been pur
chased by him ; and'is now nr. lorjroinjf such altera
tions andiimprovemcnt aas will make it one of the
most desirable stopping places in that city.
Mr. George W. Hunter tae courteous and gentle
manly clerk and manager of the House (till contin
ues at his post, Such of ®'ir friends as hare occasion
to visit tho city by aropiug in at the "Buehler
House" will satisfy themselves that the "two
Georges" "know how to ku'ep a Hotel"—and Keep
it.
The Homing Season Unst an'the
upper North Branch Canal—rather abruptly on
Wednosday night, of last week, by the breaking out
of the'Aquaduet at Fal a. This structure haa been
considered rather insecure some months past.—
It was hoped, it would last during the
present season ; at the close of which it was the de
sign of the company to rebuild it. Although the
season for boating was rapidly drawing to a close ;
and but a few day's more uso of the canal could
have been expected, this unexpected accid-nt will
prove very inconvenient and damaging to many.
Some have neglected to secure thvir supply of cckl
for the winter. Others have large quautities of
grain, produce, lumber, Ac., which will have to
await the opening in tho spring for transportation.
We team that 10 COO busbeis of wheat already
loaded and en its way to Pitfston. was stopped be
tween this place and the Falls, We do not fully
appreciate the advantage, of "the raging eanawl,"
until, as in'the present instance, we are madrto
feel its necessity.
U. S. S'aiap Duties under the act of Congress
approved June iiOth, lct>4, are not g-.nffraTly under
stood by the masses, liven those in active business,
have frequently to refer to their list to rsfiesh thwir
memories The necessity for a cheap list—nc that
can be prescrvvd and carried about in a co®miot
form is therefore apparent Ilippeitirvg in a' IV s'
Boole 8t jre the ether day, we found just the thiig
needful " In a little pocket diary, for 1863—be
sides the usual Hack spaces for memoranda -f oe
ings for each day in the year, spacesfor •"Cash Ac
counts" Rates of Postage, Alusanaj Ac". ' Ae. '*a
found a coniplite Table o,' ftump duties, uader tie
latest amended act of Congress. We bought one ot
thaiu, of couise; and fed certain that every j erwn
having nny buwues# whitevr to to, sh uld go aal
do likewise.
The Slate Guard,--There seems to he a possi
bility that the organization of the State Guard, au
th triseJ by the Legislature, will soon bo commenced;
The Governor baa been negotiating with the War
Department fa r some sort of exemption for volun
teers in the Guard, if they should be drafted under
the notional conrcriptioO iawr, ttnd'faat has. to a eon
•ideraVd* ekteut, succeeded. It' a voluuteer tu .ue
Guard shall be drafte 1 for the United Stafew srv : -o
ho is to befu'loughed for the whole teriu of enlist
ment in the Guard. This secures ills uninterrupted
service to the Statehood will pretest ■ highly ne
cessary organization from being broken up, aa it
might be under any other arrangement. If the tenr.
for which he may be drafted into theAkjfted States
service shall be longer than his enlistment in the
State Guard, he will or.ly have to serve out the ex-
Cess under the draft, Should he serve a whole year
in the State Guard lis will be- credited with that
length of time upou any futuro calls, au l the Stats
will also be credited on her quota in any future drat.
Under the bill for organising tiio State Guard, 16
full regimonts are to be organized, five of which ari
to be furnished by our own city.— A?e.
Peterson's Magazine,—We are in receipt of
this popular Lady's Magazino, for December It ii
a splendid number • with a superb title pago for
1864* Notwithstanding tho enormously increased
price of papa*', and the rise in all p>rintingtuate:ili
"Peterson" will still be furnished at TWO POLI.ASS *
VKA.IV No Magazine of similar merst approaches it
in cheapness Its stories and novelettes are by the
best wiitcis. In ISGS, Four Original Copyright >"'
elettes will be given. ITS FASHIONS ARE AI.WATI
TIIA LATEST AND PRETTIEST, Jsv*qry neighbotboots
ought to make up a club. IT IS THE MAUAZIKH r> >s
TIIK TIMES ! Its terms to clubs are unprecedentsi
ly liberal, viz 8 copies for $12,00, or 14 copies for
$20,00. To every person getting up a elub.(*
these rates ) the Publisher will send as a preniuc:
that superb engraving for framing, ssze H7 inches
by 20 inches, "WASHINGTON PARTING FROV
IIIS GENERALS," or an extra copy of the Map
zine for 1805.
Add rets peal-paid,
CHARLES J. PET EES ON,
306 Chestnut street, Philadelphia I
or New countries have wants und habits pnea fl
inr to themselves. In our widely extended * : ®
sparsely settled territoiy medicines ready prep* I *®
are more employed, and aro in tdct a greater nersc®
ity then in the old countries. Dr. Aver'e prepwß
tions have riven the public greater confidence ■
thisclass of remedies than had ever been felt t'kj
Physicians ins! and of discarding thom, really
the use of such roady at hand antidotes for disssj
whea they can be depended on. And wo wish
readers to know that in publishing J. C. Aver A
advertisement or any others ef like reliable
ter, we think we are furnlbhsng thuia as u<e ' ul M
mation asany with which we can fill our coin®
[Louisville Courier
Ma rried-1
HETFIEinr-HUVrELIT-by the Iter,
at hi residence iu Bradford County •
lletfield of Scranton, to Miss Moll'*
Nortbinoreland, Nov. 22d- ISB4 |