<T I f Ucmotrat i?" HARVEY SICJKV er E<lltor * TUN KHAN NOCK, PA Wednesday* Mar. 22,1865. QUESTIONS FOR OI. IRE-STPH.— - Did Syphilis, or De-Syphilis furnish the rat hole out of which young Ire sneaked from the draft ? Was the disease taken from a nigger dance house in Ilarrisburg—or inherited from Old Syph? If from the latter, are bow legs a necessary ard convenient accampainment ? Are they hereditary too ? Is secondary syph getting.better 1 Why was syph. the 2d, driven from the money drawers of the Buehler House ? Was it because of any hereditary proclivity ? To be continued, when answered. Inquirer. Z~*£' The eagerness with which men and women adopt the sayings of Lincoln reminds us of a disgusting picture, painted by Galat on, which represented Homer vomiting pre cious stones, and the other poets standing around swallowing what came out of his mouth. Not that Old Abe vomits precious stones ; but, whatever he does throw up, the dirty Loyal Leaguers swallow with the glut tony of hungry dogs. The Old Guard tells us that it was the boast of a drunken Western Senator, in the Senate chamber of the United States,that "We will leave the prints of our chariot wheels so deep in the soil of tha South that eternity shall not wear them out." That threat may bo fulfilled ; but those chariot wheels have already lelt deep marks in our social struc ture. The plow snare has been sent through society here in the North until the very foun dations of good neighborhood have been bro ken up ; and a whole generatian must pass away before we shall recover from the shock. The child is yet unborn that will live to see us in possession of the peace, prosperity, and all the blessings of civilization which we en joyed in such an abundant elegies before the coniHiencmcut of the suichjal strife. saar The New York Times complains that the bounty system has filled cur armies with worse than useless soldiers, because they are only in the waj*, and demoralize all about them. Another Journalist thinks "these ragged rascals ought to fight well," Gustavus ...° , 0 , , l£mg of • Sweden, used to say that "a man made a u<u c . -,.Mj er j n proportion as he was a better christian." Is this the reason why alrnosv crciy ur me fanatical ministers who have enlisted in New England and Western States.have turned out to be such miserable suldicrs and rascally cowards ? Personal Liberty. Those who remember what an outcry was made over the return to slavery of a half dozen or less run away refugees, a few years ago, could hardly believe that the very parlv that was then so clamoaous, would signalize its first acquis)tion of power by imprisoning hundreds of free white people without pro cess or authority of law. Yet such has been the melancholy and alarming fact. More strange than all, this despotism has been meekly acquiesced iu by the people,as though they had for generations past been under the yoke of bondage. In the recent action of the House of Rep resentatives, there is some evidence of a re viving love of libei ty. By a vote of 80 to 04 that body appended to the civil appropria tion bill an amendment to the effect that, "no person shall be tuied by court martial or militrry commission in any State or Territo ry where the Courts of the United States are open, except persons actually mustered or commissioned, or appointed in the milita ry or naval service of the United States, or rebel enemies charged with being spies." The amendment failed in the Senate, but the House refused to recede, and as a con sequence the whole bill failed.— Ex. There is now residing in the town of Caledonia, Columbia county, Wisconsin, a man named Joseph Crele, who is supposed to be the oldest man in the world. He was born in Detroit, of French parents, and the record of his baptism shows that he is 139 years old. He was first married in New Or leans, 109 years ago, and is now living with a daughter by his third wife, who is over 70 years of age. He is still active ; is able to chop wood, and to walk several miles. How THE MONEY GOES. —The Legislature of our State has passed a bill to increase the pay of members to SIOOO each, being an ad vance of S3OO on the pay of last year. So much for Abolition retrenchment and reform about which we heard so much previous to the advent of the present party to power. But, as long as the people can be gulled by their promises, which are only made to be broken,just that long wii* the tax-payers be plundered with impunity. The Abolitionists seek office for the purpose of enriching them selves at the expense of the people, and the wonder is that the members did not make their own pay S2OOO while they were at it— They will do this next year, mark our pre diction—if sustained at the ballot box in Oc tober Fx. ••The Black Pony." Ma. ISDITOR : I notice by a late Republi can, that your friend Ire has called to his aid the practiced pen of one of his staff, editorial. Though this volunteer canters into the fray under the pseudonym of "C * n," his identi ty cannot be mistaken. It is none other than the " Black Pony." I have known the little gelding long and well; and could not now rnistike his incoherent neigh, for the bray ing of any other animal of his species—long eared, or otherwise. I have known him al most, from a colt, when he conceived the in famous design of injuring the fair fame, and destroying the peace of th e daughter of his father in law. It is but just to her, and her family, to say that he never effected his ob ject, in the manner intended. Some scraps of the history of "The Pony" miehf not be de void of interest to your readers. But little is known of his origin, except that ha is a direct descendent of " Plymouth Rock," (whence, is supposed to have originated the name "Old DurocJr" as applied to other hors es.) He was sired and reared within sight of the elms of "Old Yale," —though he never entered its walls as a student. He had too much of the wooden nutmeg in his composi tion, for that, besides his color'was an objec tion in those days, when this country and its institutions were supposed to be intended for white men and their posterity. He has ever been harping on slavery, doubtles fearing that if he should be caught.on the sunny side of Mason and Dixon's line, he might, himself, be put to picking cotton or hoeing tobacco. I said, at the beginning his " practiced pen" —I did not use the term unadvisedly. One of his first efforts with that "raighty instru ment of little men" in this region, was to aid a certain Dr., of the oily gammon stripe, in forging Certificates of License, for peddlars. His next pen etchings were in forging nat uralization papers, to aid in the perpetration of the infamous election frauds of 1838. Noi was this the only aid he gave in this matter. On the day of election, he sat astride of a whiskey barrel and dealt out tear paunch whiskey to the wild irishmen to whom he has issued his forged papers. While on this subject, it should not be forgotten that his friend, Ire, took a very prominent part in these frauds—the recollection of which is not yet buried in oblivion. But returning to the more pleasing con templation of "the pony" (theso crook-legged long eared brutes never did please me.) He has balked, and kicked out of the political traces on several occasions. Has "sold and resold" himself,repeatedly. The most notable occasion was when he left the Democracy, (he calls it whiskey.) The consideration of his apostacy being a [Here our correspon dent gives us a dark, rough drawing of somthiog marked "black Pig"— not hav'mg any cut in;our office black enough to do jus tice to the original, or Its picture, we are obliged to omit it. If the writer proposes to give us anything furthcr'on this "pony" we ' will send an order tc our type founder for the blackest kind of a pig—and a pony ; too 6uch cuts, would bo emmiueutly applicable to embelisment of the history of others in this tnoalitj' - U. T).l The Black Pony is a great prophet, ire is profound in vaticination. But has never, to my knowledge,been correct,in his predictions except in one instance. He has from the beginning of his career, declared that the country was all "going to the devil." It now seems that this sage conclusion is verified. And as far as his influence has extended this prophet, has contributed his full share to bring about the consumation of his predic tion. But, Mr. Editor, I fear that I am occu pying too much of your space on so dark and small a subject. If the "Pony" at any future time gets unmanagable, I may conclude to trot him out again. Though he may put on airs, under the impression that his tricks are forgotten; I assure him that they have not entirely escaped the recollection of an THE DRAFT The following we copy from the Sunday Mercury: '"Father Abraham's scourge—a disease which first broke out nearly three years ago,and at one time threa tened to be especially virulent, made its ap pearance in this city during the past week The diagnosis of the disease has not changed- The victims are notified of the approach of the epidemic by a premonitory call from Fa ther Abraham, followed by a slight spasm of Fry on Quotas. Then follows a twinge of en rollment, and a nervous tendency to "cuss" the present Administration. Then an attack of Provost Maashal, Blind Man, and Wheel which superinduces a cold sweat. The epi demic has carried ofT hundreds already. In some instances the application of a poultice of greenbacks will draw out a substitute, and materially diminish the infiamation. ID the Fifth Ward the epidemic has seized upon a f ew distinguished "War to the hilt" Republi cans, and if it sb mid carry them off, we will with great pleas i"* record the incidents con* tectcd with their departure. The Fouthful Yard, the Rrilliant Binney, the Costive Corn man, the Magnigcent Millet, thej Wonderful Wagner, the Hilarious Honzey, the Convivi al Clayton, the Kinky. Knight, and Patriotic Perkins, were pulled down quite unexpected ly. To these Loyal lovors of Miscegenation we commend a perusal of the story of the old Hunter who very carefully set a trap to catch a bear, and was caught in it himself. "We notice that in Districts eminently and refreshingly Republican, the majority of the therein being strong in the be lief that the war is altogether lovely and its head front chief among ten thousand—the draft is not received as one of. the blessing Quite the contrary. Indeed, we have heard Republicaus proclaim the draft as an abomin able nuisance, an outrage, and an usurpa tion." XtST The Chinese are a queer people to go to marKet. A gentleman at Canton writes that a neighbor of his has got in his winto provisions—a quarter of| a horse and twor barre is of bull dogs. THE SPRING FLOODS. The Freshet of the Susquehanna* HALKISBURG, March 18 The flood in the Susquehanna is unprecedented. It exceeds by 30 inches in height the memorable and destructive freshet of 1846 Thousands of timber logs, with millions of feet of sawed lumber, have already passed this point. Intelligence from the north and west of us ! indicates the most frightful destruction of , private and public property on the many streams emptying into ' the Susquehanna— Bridges have been swept away and torn to pieces, and from the character of the ruins floating by Harrisburg it is fair to infer that many dwelling houses, barns, &c , have been swept from the shores. At 7 o'clock this morning it was ascer tained that the bridges at Northumberland, Duncan's Island, and part of the Pennsylva nia Railroad bridge, above this city, had been carried away, while as I write, a bridge, said to be from the Janiatas is being borne with fearful violence down the siream. Tho Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge, which is also usedby the Northern railroad, is in imminent danger, several spans at the eastern end being submerged to the depth of two feet. It is scarcely possible, as the wa ter is steadily rising, that the submerged portion can resist the force of the flood for many hours. There have been no trains passing through Harrisburg from Pittsburg or Philadelphia for the last twelve hours. The lower part of the city is completely submerged and much suffering has been inflicted upon the poor families living in that part of the. su barbs. At Middletown, Dauphin oounty, and the villages along the shore, clear to Columbia, in Lancaster county, the destruction of pri vate property and the suffering among indi viduals is immense. The Ares in several iron furnaces have been quenched and of course the furnaces will chill. Thousands of dolfars worth of lumber, usually stocked at Marietta, Columbia and Middletown, was swept away. The bank in front of the city has been lined all day with thousands of people, watching the progress of the flood. Families are being removed from the streets in the lower section of the city, which was not approached by the waters of the great flood of 1846, but which are now considered in imminent danger of being over flowed. Our city water are complete ly submerged, and all the pumps stopped. It is conceded on all hands, alike by our oldest inhabitants and experienced river men that this is the most immense flood ?that has taken place in the Susquehanna within the memory of man. EANVII.I.E Pa., March 18 —The most de structive flood ever heard of is now raging on the north branch of the Susuuehanna. The railroad is submerged and all travel suspend ed. All the bridges on the west branch as far as Williamsport are gone. The Lackawana and Bluomsburg railroad is under water in places ten feet. The canal in many places is completely destroyed. Half of Danville is under water nd the river is rapidly rising. The wires south have been broken by the cables across the Susquehanna at Havre de Grjjc? being carried away. Wo are conse quently without despatches from Baltimore and Washington. The Freshet in New York. ALBANY, March 18.—Owing to the damage to the track between C astleton and Stuyve sant by the freshet, no trains have arrived or gone out on the Hudson railroad 'to eay.— Passengers are carried around from Hudson for the Berkshire road. No trains have ar rived here from west of Fonda Montgomery county, since Thursday P. M., and none will be 6ent out for places beyond that point be fore Monday. The Central railroad tracks are more or less damaged between Fonda and Rome, and some bridges have been car ried away, but large gangs of men are em ployed in repairing the road. A telegram re ceived from Fonda this morning, says the tracks will be in running order as soon as the water falls sufficiently to enable them to see the tracks. The greatest damage done to this road is in the vicinity of Fouda, where three or four miles of the road have been washed away. Telegraphing to points west of Fonda cannot be resumed before Monday on Tuesday morning. No damage or detention is reported on the Harrisburg railroad or on the Susquehanna railroad. BUFFALO, March 18 —The injuries to the Erie road extend over a distance of nearly 100 miles, mpAly east of Homellsville, and there are several breaks between Horwlls j ville and Dunkirk. - The Lake Shore road is slightly damaged, but will soon be repaired. ALBANY, March 10—river has fallen between four and five fret, v, D d, as a boat has arrived from Catskill, it is believed that nav igation is fairly open to Now York, A pas senger boat is expected to-morrow evening. Telegraphic communication with the West was resumed to night. Two trains from be yond the Fonda break oa the New York Uen tral railroad have arrived, being the first since Thursday. The regular 11 P. M. train went out to night. SYRACUSE, N. Y. March 19— The recent floods have damaged the saltworks to the extent of nearly $200,000. Three hundred dwellings are more or less flooded and the [ probable total loss in this county will be half a million dollars. ROCHESTER, N. Y. March 19— The flood has subsided. The bridges on the Central and Genessee Valley railroads have been swept away. Many buildings have been un dermined and have fallen. About a thous and of the principal stores are filled with water. The gas works and newspapers have suspended. No lives have been lost but the damage amounts to several millions of dot-; lars. OLD SETTLER. A STARTLING IMPOSTURE. Extraordinary Sceues in Chicago—Mar velous Cures Effected by a Touch of the hand [From the Chicago Times. 10th.] For several days past the talk of all the marvel seekers in Chicago has been devoted to narrations of the extraordinary cures ef>- fected by an individual in Metropolitan Ilall j Thousands crowd to him every day, and from i morning till night he is engaged passing pa tients through hts hands at the rate of about four per minute, Kvery one he professes to cure by a touch of his hand. It is said that he has touched the limbs of the paralyzed, and they have flung their crutches from them and danced ; that the bliDd by the mere pressure of his fiDger on the eve balls, open their eyes and see ; that the deaf are made to hear, and those who had 6tammered all their lives speak fluently and with ease. Rumor has sent abroad the most extravagant and extraordi nary stories regarding his power. The cou sequence is the credulous canid pouring to him from all directions. One woman's faith was so strong that she travel ed%)ur hundred miles carrying with her a bed ridden moth er's clothes, in order that he might touch them. She actually believed that by his do ing so her mother would be cured. The process of "cure" occupies very little time. The patient comes the platform. The physician lays his hand upon him aud he walks off immediately. Yesterday morning the multitude who flocked to the Metropalitan Hall surpassed 1 even those of the previous days. The Ilall was filled before 6 o'clock, and for hours the crowd continued to accumulate, the broad ! staircase being completely filled by the press i of people crushing continually forward.— ■ The majority seemed to be skeptical, but ' there were also many enthusiasts. One lady I tossing her head scornfully, was heard to re* f mark: "I don't believe it for one ; and they tell a great many stories about him." 1 On which an elderly gentleman turned I round and, in accents of grave rebuke, said : i "They crucified Christ befor they believed f in him." Sometimes a couple of men would come , carrying a paralytic or palsied friend. Oth f ers came limping upon crutches. There were r many either wholly or partially blind, - scores of deaf,and persons afflicted with rheu - raatism, neuralgia and lung and liver com plaints. All the sufferers wer marshalled in r long array twenty deep around the ball, the i professed dispenser of health occupying a s place at the upper end. One by onethe lmense B assemblage came up to him, were toucheed, and passed out at the other door. Those who - came on crutches he manipulated for a few i seconds, made them stamp on the floor, walk 5 backward and forward once or twice, then • take their crutches on their shoulders and march out. This many of them certainly r did, but whether it was that they were real i ly cured, or whether their excited imagina i tion gave them a momentary sense of being so, it will be impossible to tell, though a few ' days will serve to establish whether the • whole affoir was a humbug or not. Isaiah ou Andy Johnson, et al. The telegraph informs us, with oracular : brevity, that "the President took the oath of office with his hand on the open bible,accord ing to custom. Mr. Middleton, the clerk of 1 the Supreme Court, had opened it, but with out premcdition.at the sth Chapter of Isaiah." The chapter referred to contains the follow i ingemiuently appropriate verses. As the - President, and Mr. Middleton, and the gor | ornment censor have made the application, there can be no harm in our printing it: CONCERNING ANDY JOHNSON. k 11. Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them. ; ON THE INAUGURATION BAM., J 12. And the harp and the viol, the tabret . the pipe, and the wine are in tboir feasts but , they regard not the work of the Lord, neith . er consider the operation of his hands, i 13. Therefore ray people are gone into . captivity, because they have no knowledge ; ■ and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. s 1-1. Therefore hell hath enlarged herself , and opened her mouth without measure and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth shall descend in to it. I WITH REGARD TO SHODDY. i -8. tv o u „to them that join house to house that lay field to field, till there be no place that they may be placed alone in the midst, of the earth. ANDY JOHNBON AGAIN. 22- Wo unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink. 23. Which justify the wicked for reward and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him. "QUEER." —It is really astonishing to what an extent the new postal currency lias been counterfeited. It is safe to say that nearly one-half of all in circulation of five, tea and fifty cent denominations are bogus. The ; counterfeiters have been doing an extensive and thriving business. The speculation, if so it may be called, on their part has been an extensive one. These counterfeits ara easy to distinguish, but scarcely one in ten per sons ever 6tops to examine the postal curren j cy. Counterfeits seem to pass as readily as I the genuinp, when confined to five and ten icent notes. Throw on the counter of any of i our mercantile houses, from the largest to ; the smallest, a counterfeit postal sum, with the remark that it is counterfeit, and ten chances to one the answer will bo returno j that "it is probably as good as any in cir- J nidation'* Rights ofWar. The corresbondence between Generals Sherman and Hampton tnakea it cssebtial to allude to a subject upon which a correct pub lie opinion should be formed. The right of forage is, as Sherman says, a right of war—a harsh right, indeed, Which Burgoyne did not exercise in our Revolution, Scott in Mexico, uor Wellington in France. All those commanders thought the purchase of provisions better policy than taking them ; but it is a mere question of policy, of which a general has the right to judge. The right of forage, however, is a totally different thing from a right to take other property than forage, or fromji.the right to burn houses, or to outrage either men or wo men. When soldiers quit the military function and perpetrate crilneS, they forfeit the mili tary character and looso its protection. If Sherman's men are killed, after capture, for foraging, the killing is murder, and must be prevented by retaliation. If upon the duty of forage they commit crimes, they are pun ishable for those crimes by the captors— Non combotants have nothing to do with fighting, and if they engage in it, do so un der penalty of death ; but this rule does not reply to a man resisting acts which are not acts of war, A soldier is a public enemy ; a marauder is simply a criminal. Wellington again and again hanged his men for plundering; true, the Spaniard was his ally, but be would have executed the same summary justice for any outrage in France. Not simply in tho point of view of hu manity , but of the well-beiog of an army, this strictness is essential, If discipline is not powerful enough to restrain men in the exercise of the rights of war strictly to those rights, it should be made so, or the enemy will supply the defect— N. Y. World. A Shameful Fact—An Unpaid Soldiers Chilereu Sent to the Poor House. To the Editor of the IV. Y. Tribune: Sir —The following is aD exact copy of a part ol a letter to a soldier in this army from his wife. The man endures the hardships of a soldier; his wife suffers hunger, and his children are sent to the Poor House- Gov ernment owes him six months' wages, but his family has to suffer. Do the peopie at home have any pity for the soldier ? Army of the James, Va. March 8, 1865. ROCHESTER, Feb. 24. 1864—'My Dear Husband : 1 received your letter of Feb. 10. aid I will now answer it. You say that you you 6ent me a letter with §3 in it. I did not get it. I have received but two letters from you since you left, and they did not either have any money in them, and I must tell yon that the money you left for me is all gore, and 1 have been obliged to go to the poor-mas'er for help. It was very little he would help me, and yesterday he came up to the door with a wagou and took both the hilr/ren away to the poor house, and now I am left alone. * * * It almost broke my heart when the little children left, thej cried so after their inatua ; but, O dear, they had to go. He would not leave them, and now I must do the best 1 can until you come back." By publishing tho above, you may do something to cause people at homo to pro vide for the soldier's family, if governmeni does fail to pay him his just dues. JUSTICE. The Inaugural with the Bark G(T, FELLOW COUNTRYMEN :—I made an inaug ural address four years ago ; There is no par ticular occasion for another. The public knows as much as I do about the progress of our arms. We have great hopes but we make no pre diction®. (Seward's department.) Four years ago we all tried to avert war- Both parties hated to fight. War came. The slaves are one-eightth of the popula tion, and a "peculiar and powerful" institu tion. "Somehow" they caused the war. All pray to the same God. He don't ap pear to be on either side. When lie makes up His mind we have to stand it. Meanwhile, without malice, let us charita bly and firmly continue to cut each other's throats ; taking care of such unfortunate peo ple as may be widowed and orphaned ; in order that we may not injure or harm one another, but maintain just and lasting peace among ourselves and other nations. ••Incoherence." "It is not, perhaps,] "Whenever you find out of place 'o remark a man anywhere prat, just here, what a strik- jng about the Consti. ing thing is the Con-tution or the United stitution of the United States, SPOT HIM HE'S States. It is the Con - A TRAITOR !"— Andrew stitution of the people Johnson's Campaign of the couutry, and Speech, at Nashville under it here to da y, Srpt. '64 before the American Senate, I feel that I am a man and an Ameri can citizen. I am a proud illustration ot the fact that, under the Constitution, a man can rise from the ranks to occupy the second place in the gift of the American people."*- Inaugural address of Mr. hce President Johnson, March 4,1865. We find the above quotations from speech es delivered by Andy Johnson in Nashville and in Washington, the second after an inter val of less than six months. They do not "cohere ;"but the man is not responsible for that. He has been laboring under a protract ed fit of "inochereuce," which reached its crisis on the 4th of Mvch, For all'that, he is "loyal." car Mr. Draper -the Collector of New York—sends all the Savannah cotton to his son to be weighed, for which the son will receive SIBO,OOO for about two weeks work. Pretty good wages-but ho "finds himself." Boston Post. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Hotel Change ."--We learn that the Hotel i"S* has been kept by John Maynard, at this place, Ate been leased by P. B. Baldwin Esq of Nicholaon. Skinner's Eddy, from accounts received that place, suffered more severely f rem the late iaeshet, thau any village in this County, Seven Isn ilies bad their houses swept entirely away. Many others had to leave their homes to escape drowning. Bridge Meeting —We are informed that the fa will be a meeting of the citizens of the county, who are interested in the erection of the bridge, lately destroyed, at this place, on Saturday, April let. There should be a general attendance. % B. F Strecter, Esq-, of Susquehanna conaty. has tiecn appointed President Judge of the Bradford Judicial district, Judge Mercur haviag resigned in consequence of his election to Congress. AfrStiaet er held the office of Solicitor cf the Treasury under President Pierce. Since that time, however, he hne turned his political coat, and is now designated an '•a moderate Republican." Preachers.-a cotemporary thinks we are • little hard upon tho clergy. Upon what clergy 1 Not upon the preacheis of the blessed gospel ef peace and good will among men— bnt upoa the insolent and brazen counterfeits of that holy oflen. Clerical wretches, who represent the most merciful God to be of the same character as the heathen del ties, whose altars were gorged with blood, and wlte being images of devils themselves, deligted in thn destruction of m.'U. It's because these blaspheming imposterg are false in the holy religion they prof era that wo despise and denounce thcrn.-- Old Guard. Take Note of This—Everybody who has Ml been vaccina ted withiu five year* should dure that easy operation. The constant movement of large numbers of soldiers irom camps added to other cause*, carries ro small amount of infeetien over the country. In New York small pox la *ag ing to a fearful extent. Thorn is a great denl of disease prevalent that may be contseeteA where leat expected. From the army comes a large share of what is already existing, Under these cireumstaa* oes let the head of every family summon his house hold physician, and see that all its membership hern the sure protection of vaccination. TL*s is a mattes requiring very little trouble and involving no paua Horace Halleck, former Register and Reeorder of this county and retidont of Northmoreland, wt learn is about to remove to Huntingdon, Lnc. Co., where he will en gage in his occupation as a Weal carder, and clothier. As he is to locate in a regies of country where Democrats "most do congre fats,'* we bespeak for him a welcome reception aa a eitise* and a generous support in his business. Mr. Hal leck is a Democrat of the old school---©De that knewt no change or shadow of turning--a Democrat in storm as well as in sunshine. As the best evident* of the fact, of bis devotion to its principles and hit practical support of them, we adduce the fact that he has taken and paid for his local Dessoemtia paper from the first number ever published in the county, to *the present time A period ef to wards of twenty years. The Freshet--It would be worse than foil/ for us to attempt to give any adequate idea of the das age suffered ty the community by the late destrae tive freshet in the North Branch of the Sas quehaa na Suffice to say, that it is without a paralel ia the annals of the country. The youngest child wh* witnessed the torrent of waters as it passed oa Sat urday morning of last week, saw such a flood aa i* not within the memory of men now livings nor ia the tinditions of their fathers: The waters at thia place rose to a point, at least five feet higher thaa they were ever known before-—about thirty-five feet above low water mark—Yet, with this unprecedeutr ed flood, if we may except the destruction of thw bridge and canal, but little damage comparatively, was done at this point. Quite a large number ef families were obliged unexpectedly to leave their houses with most of their goods and furniture ia them ; but in no case except one. was a house ta ken away. Mrs. Harding-.better known as Aunt sally-- had an overweening "trust in Providance and peremptorily refused to remove, even her most precious and portable goods, though ample oportunU ty was afforded, and though repeatedly warned aadt importuned, so to do. Providence selected hers as the only house to ut terly destroy. It. with most of its floating contents, moved off as majestically, as we may imagine, Noah's ark did. But, from its windows, flew B© dove of bope It rested on no sacred downy mount Ere it passed frotn sight, it wasja shapeless mess of ruins. "Aunt Sally" has doubtless come to the con clusion that Providence, in whom she repoeed siuh entire confidence, helps most—such as help them selves, most. Two of the spans, and one pier of the bridge were swept away. It 19impossible, at present to speak with any aeuracy as to the extent of damage done the canal; judging from what we have and heard of it, the most energetic and extensive system of re pairs would not put it in boating condition in one summer. Those who anticipate the opening of the of the boating season in 18(55 will certainly be dis appointed. The loss of these two public improve ments, the canal and bridge will be very detrimen tal to the business affairs of the town and county It is to be hoped that they may both, be speedily repaired. Married. OSTERUOI'T.—CAMPBELL.—In Scranton, March 7th, 1565, by Rev. A, A. Marple, Mr. Thomae J, Osterhout, to Miss Louisa Campbell, both of Tunkhannock. Accompanying the above notice, was one of "An cient Abraham's" due bills, yclept, a ' 'Greenback'. As might have been supposed "Judd,"—himself n printer—would be the last man, on ooeasion like this, to fail to remember the printer. Though ho left his fair Bride, before thaw ining of the Honeymoon, and entered the army once more this time as a veteran—we feel certain that much pleasure, in his new relation, is in store for him. We cannot better express our good wishes to th happy couple, than to adopt, with slight modification the language of a contem[>orary, who celebraias a similar event in the following strain: A dollar in a printing office produoes tho moot serene results. Itsjacred associations, and sugges tions of an unbroken dream of happingss neutralise the rude diabolism of its gloomy walls, and etaost humanize its young Imps, It illumiaf j ife'&ky t. mosphere, and sheds over all a lt lt is the pure and beautiful amid "In return for this precious Souvenir a wod aing day, this office desires to rise above a mm* question of finance and view tho world ohtgide its dingy windows in the light of all that's bew*iful and goo.d It summons up again its old feelings eg kindness, and bespeaks for three —for her, for for IT —the well-wishes, of the well-wishing hMS% and the blessing that mikes happy. It hopos that life may shed a milder and calmer beam upon this trio than often falls upon many. It would give them ever the sunny otoom of hope, ending in the fruition of joy and prosperity. It would send them out upon thoir happy lives girt and armed with heart-chain* of love interwoven iQ pleasant bondage till the end-' happy till the end. All this, this grimy old would wish for them, This office has always know® "There's nothing half so sweet in life. As love's young dream."
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