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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.
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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."