Clk tlfmotnit. HAKVEY SICKLER, Editor. TUNKHANNOCK, PA Wednesday* Apr. 5* 1865. Removal of the Democrat Office. We have removed our office, "round the corner," to the room formerly occupied by the Republican, over the law office of Hon. Wm. M. Piatt, where our friends will find us prepared to furnish them with anything in the line of tb^office, from a blank note, to a live Democratic pu per. Call ard see us. (This invitation is ex tended, more particularly, to our non-paying, delinquent subscribers.) To allay any suspicion, that by removing into the nest feathered with nieger wool, by the abolition editors who have preceeded us, that we may catch any of the infcciion ; we will state that we have given the whole con cern a complete cleansing out. No traces of the foul birds who lately congregated here are to be fouud. The most powerful disinfectants and fumigating agents have been resorted too. Sulphur, acoefetida, "skunks ile" &c., are sweet per fumes in an atmosphere infected with the stench of the high-holes, who have lately held "high carnivals" within this, to them, ''hole in the wall,"' No smell of old Ire Syph, of secondary Syph, of rot gut whiskey, nor of nigger's wool now remains. White men, visiting this office now, need not hold their noses between their thumb and finger. ■ •< Jpy" The editor of the Nigger Organ, in his issue of last- week, devotes a column of his paper to an explanation, as he calls it, of his being prosecutor in the case of the nigger deserter Hulmes, and his participation in the election frauds of'3B. There seems to be hardly any chance for argument with hint on either point. On the first he admits what we asserted of him—that he was the prosecu tor, and on the second he admits all that we alledge against him too. He, however, gives his readers a kind ofamiik and water—y excuse or justification. In the ca-e of the Uigger killing; he claims that he did what all good citizens should do," ie, charge innocent men with the deed. In the matter of the election frauds, be doe? not make this claim to the charity ol the public.; but says "7 icas nly a clerk,'' and put down the names of the men who voted on what was charged at the time, to have been "false papers."— Nothing but a poor , insignificant, innocent clerk! There were men who refused to sd upon that board, in any capacit}-, on account of the prearranged rascalities to be perpetra ted ; but Ira Avery was not one of them.— He would have taken the meanest, lowest place in that programme to cheat his honest neighbors out of an expression of opinion at the ballot box. He would have even been cup-bearer to the Pony, who set astride of the whiskey barrel on that never to be forgotten day. Honor to whom Honor is Due. We publish to-day a letter from the Charleston Courier, of the 13th ult., in reference to the 52d Regiment, Pa. Yds., by which it seems that the honor of first planting the stars and stripes over Surupter, Pinkney, and the city of Charleston, since they were hauled down by Major Anderson—now nearly four years ago—belongs to the biave 52d. The intensely "loyal" organs of this region, (the nigger organ at th - place, we believe, was among the number,) claimed that this honor belonged to a nigger Regt and in long winded editorials, tried to mak their readers believe that allowing them to do so, was one of the most eminently proper things done in the conduct of the war. The communication referred to will rather take the wind out of the sails of this nigger beat. Efrunkeuuess lu Washington. The party containing all "the virtue, all the religion, and all the morality," gave a fine and indeed exquisite exemplification of it at the inauguration of their Vice President on the 4th March. Mr, Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, was in such a state of beastly intoxication, when the time arrived for him to be sworn in as Vice President, that the speech which he undertook to deliver bears more resemblance to the incoherent ravings of a bar-room loafer than to anyrhing else.— We give such a report as has come to some of the papers. Most of the Abolition journals are so ashamed of it that they will not pub lish it at all. But even the report, as we give it, we understand does not do justice to it. The full report, as taken by the official reporters, has been suppressed, to save the reputation of the party of purity ! When it is remembered that this maudlin rhapsody was delivered belore the representatives of foreign governments, we can appreciate |the depth of degradation to wh'ch we have fallen as a people—Lincoln and Johnson ! par no• biloJratrum. A smutty joker, and a drunk ard, at the head of the "New Nation." The one quoting Scripture in justification of hav ing destroyed "the best government on earth" and the other getting gloriously drunk over the exbilerating idea that "a plebian had been elected Vice President."— Ex. C5C* We were in error, in our last nam ber, in stating upon what we supposed to be good authority, that Capt. SILVER, had been appointed Provost Marshal for this Congres sional District, in place of Capt. Manville, removed. No new appointment has yet been official!) announced. —Dm. Bloor.arhurf. Siege of Richmond! ITS CAPTURE. AFTER FIVE DAY'S CONTINUOUS HARD FIGHTING, LEE AND HIS ARMY FORCED TO EVACU ATE THE CITY. (From the Philadelphia Age.) Saturday. April Ist* The long threatened advance of Grant's ar my has at length been made. On Tuesday last, Giant concentrated all his available troops at Ilatcher,s run, seven miles south of Petersburg, the extreme left of his line. All the waste troops on the north side of the James, crossed over to the south bank, and the intreochments at Deep Bottom were left in charge of the negro soldiers. In front of Petersburg and along the Appomattox the Federal lines were weakened, all the availa ble troops being sent to the left. Sheridan's cavalry and all the cavalry which had before been in Grant's army, were sent to Hatch er's run. On Tuesday night, Grant had a column of seventy thousand men in position to advance against* the Southside railroad, which is seven miles west of the Fedeial camp on Hatcher's run. It was hoped that this sudden movement would surprise the Confederates. Constant attacks wydton and White Oak roads, however, the Confed erafe line was still unbroken. Sheridan moved to the eastward aeain, and the entire Federal line—the cavalrv, the Fifth and Second corps—turned to the eastward, and moved towards Petersburg. A short dis ranee west 'f Petersburg, the Sixth corps succeeded in breaking through the Confeder ate line and reached the Southside railroad. The troops at once began des'roying it.— The Federal lines gradually closed around Petersburg, pushing the Confederates before them. At half past four yesterday afternoon the line had moved up and extended from the Appomattox river, three miles west of Petersburg, around to tho Appomattox east of the city. The Confederates abandoned all their works eaat and west of the city, and held only the forta immediately in front of the town General Grant states that he has captured fifty cannon and twelve thousand prisoners (Tuesday 4th ) The great siege is at length ended. Richmond has fallen. The losses in the conflict which have continued al most without intermission for five days, are not known They must be enormous. Part of Richmond was in flames when Weitzel entered it, and all the heavy gunsand much valuable property fell into his hands. The Confederate retreat is west, towards Burkesville. The Richmond and Burkesville Railroad is used exten sively. Grant started all his army yesterday on a march northwest across the Appommattox towards Burkeßville ? to intercept their retreat, if possible, but the Confederates have had so much time that they will probably succeed in getting off. i MILITARY T8 CIVIL LAW. NICHOLSON, April Ist 1865. EDITOR OF N. B. DEMOCRAT : K. R. Tay lor the successor of the noted Deputy Mar shal of the 12th District. (Hoses,) on Mon day last, at Nicholson village, committed an assault by using or attempting to use a dead ly weapon upon the person of William Step hens, an aged and respectable citizen of this township. Happily by the interference of bystanders there was no blood shed. It appears that Taylor had arrested a young man bv the name of Kosencrantz as a deserter, and had had htm shackled with hand caffs. The ar bitrary and brutal # manner and treatment by Taylor, towards Rosencrantz, called forth some remarks from Stephens, in the way of expostulation. The consequence was that Military necessity was resorted to by Taylor by ordering him out 01 the room. Stephens refusing to go, Taylor said he should arrest him for interfering with military authorities, and made the attempt but not succeeding as well as he expected drew his revolver, cocked it, and presented it to the person of Stephens and swore he would shoot him, declaring he had the right to under, military authority. A further outrage was prevented by the spectators. Stephens soon after went to Justice Wilcox and procured a warrant, had hitn arrested and arraigned and bonnd in the sum of SSOO ( 0 keep the peace and for his appearance to answer at our next Court. CIVIL LAW. Parson Browulow's Opinion of Pleblan Johnson. We have before u.s a volume of 208 pages, written by Parson Brownlow and published at Nashville in 1856. On pages 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 and 73 of the book the Parson at tempts a description of the character of An drew Johnson. This part of the book was delivered as a public lecture, in Nashville, the city of Mr. Johnson's residence. It seems that Johnson had slandered Major Andrew Jackson Donclson, and to save him self from chastisement, denied his own words. So sayc Parson Brownlow. We give below a few passages fr ra this lecture, as published in Brownlow's book : Did he lie out of the scrape? He did : Aye, he ingloriously lied out of what he had said— leaving Major Donelson no ground for any difficulty with hnn. although the Major had a right to suppose that any man base enough to make such charges would have no hesitancy in lying out of his disreputable and cowardly abuse. I. therefore pronounce Johnson, here in his home, an unmitigated liar and calumniator and vilainous coward, wanting the nerve to stand up to his own words. * * And from Johnson to Shelby counties, during the entire summer, this lowJlung and ill'bred scoundrel pursued this same strain ol vulgar and disgusting abuse. With him, a rile demagogue , whose daily employment is to administer to the very wvrt sppetites of mankind, no honor, no truth exists anywhere but such as are cor rupt enough or fool enough to follow him. For such a wretch I have no spmpathy and no feelings but those of scorn and contempt. * * It would he both cruel and unbecom ing in me to speak of what the dishonest and villainous relatives of Johnson have done, if he conducted himself prudently and did no! abuse others with such great profusion. He is a member of a numerous family of John sons in North Carolina, who are, generally, thieva ard liars ; and though he is the best of the famity I have ever met,with, I unhesi tatingly affirm to-night that there are bet le* men tnan Andrew Johnson in our Peni tentiary ! His relatives in the old North State have stood in the stocks for crimes they have committed. And his own rn cousin, Madison Johnson, was hung in Ra leigh for murder and robbery. * * * We d'> not make the point of mean kin against Johnson, only so far as .it may offset his abuse of oibers. But one point in his de liberate lying before a Jonesboro audience. It seems that Johnson had publicly denied that he tried to induce the Governor to par don his cousin, and the inexorable parson produces in his back a mass of lecters and documents to nail the lie upon him. Brown low closed his remarkable speech by saying : If Johnson or any of his friends in this city think I have said anything offensive they know where to find me- When I am not on the streets I can be found a'. No. 43, on the lower floor of Sam Scott's Hotel, opposite the ladies' pdttor. I shall remain here for the next ten days only, and whatever pun ishment any otiemav wi6h to inflict upon re must be done in that time. I say this not because I seek a difficulty, but because I don't intend it shall be said that I made this speech and took to flight— Oid Guard. The Editor of a Western Democrat ic paper on aocount of the high pr.ce of paper labor and other artcles connected with the business, resolved to discontinue the publica tion of his paper. His subscribers who were indignant at this, immediately called e meet ing, resolved that he should not stop, told him to raise the price of his paper to three dollars paid hitn in advance and told him to go on as they were not going to do without a newspaper. This is the right kind of spir it. If all Democrats would so support their local press, the country would be restored to peace and prosperity by Democratic rulers. The Thirty-eight Congress, is dead. Aftpr a vagabond life of two years it expired at Washington on the 4th of March. It was a great tyrant, a great thief, agreatliar.a great fool, and a great scoundrel. We cannot say "peace to its ashes," because it was an enemy to the peace of the country. COMMUNICATION. The following correspondence has been handed us for publication: [En. Charleston Cornier. HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, I MOUNT PLEASANT, S. C. Mar. 4,1865. £ Editors Charleston Courier: GENTLEMAN. —From statements made in your paper at different times, as also others in Charleston City, allow me to furnish the following facts, which are incontrovertably true. The United States flag was first raised on Fort Sumter by myself, with a detachment of my regimeut, 52J Pennsylvania volun teers fifteen men, at twenty minutes before eight o'clock on Saturday morning, Februa ry 18th, after which I proceeded to Fort Ripley, took down the rebel flag and hoisted the Stars and Stripes, then proceeded to Castle Pickney and hoisted the same flag there. I immediately started for the Atlan tic Docks, Charleston, (Colonel Bennet being in my boat, having boarded me in the har bor between Suinter and Fort Ripley.) Ar riving at the dock my flag was imn.. liately hoisted, and as the balance of the regiment arrived, in connection with a detachment of the 3d Rhode Island Artillery, took posses sion of the Post office, Citadel, Arsenal, and all public buildings. The 52d Pennsylvania Volunteers was the first in the city of Charleston and placed the first flag on its shores, as also on Sumter, Fort Ripley and Castle Pickney. They formed the first gnards in the city over all public buildingß and property, and with the exception of the detachment of the 3d Rhode Island Artillery, there were no other troops in the city for several hours afterwards. I landed in the city of Charleston with fifteen men of the 52d Regiment Pennsyl vania Volunteers, and although I am aware it is not modesty on my part to aound my own trumpet, but seeing so many false state ments made in different papers, I cannot, in justice to my regiment, let so important a subject pass unnoticed, and fllow parties al ready named by reporters to claim honors never deserted, and of which they in no way participated. The flag mentioned in the foregoing is in my possession. By giving these few lines a place in your columns you will not only do simple justice to the 52d Regiment, which can be verified by hundreds, but cause those to blush who have had the audacious assurance to connect themselves with a subject totheui totally foreign. JOHN A. HENNES3Y, Major Commanding 52 P. V. ' ■ We lately had the pleasure of spend, ing a portion of an afternoon with the vener abiecx President, Jaincs Buchanan, at his home at "Wheatland." At the age of 84 year he is in the enjoyment of good health, with his faculties unabated, and his spirits apparently as fresh and joyous as when we last saw him, the night before he sailed for Eng' nd as minister to the Court of St. Jaines, twelve years ago. Wo have met no man that evinces a profounder Interest in the affairs of our country than Mr. Buchanan,and none who i- more perfectly posted in all the political movements of the day. Even the local politics of the various states seem to lie, as in charts, before his mind. To those who are despondent of the ultimate redemption of our country from the Abolition spoilers, a visit to 'Wheatland' wdl prove a great relief. Mr. Buchanan eu'ertams no doubts of the fi nal triumph of the Democracy, and of the consequent salvation of our country ; and he gives such reasons for this faith, as will go far to remove the doubts of the most despond ing. For our own part we have never feared for the ultimate triumph of truth and liberty, nor doubted the overthrow and punishment of Lincoln and the partizans in his despotism. But we know of many who do doubt—a visit to Wheatland would go far to reassure them. Mr. Buchanan has prepared a documentary history of the latter part of h s administra tion, which will be published the coming summer. It will thoroughly exV !e he whole arsenal of lies which has pow dor for the Republican party for four years, by the publication of documents, figures and facts, whieh which will not, and cannot be disputed. Such a history is most timely. It will do much to unmask the hypocrisy and crime o'f the despots in power and to save the country.— Old Guard. THE NATIONAL FINANCES —Mr. McCul lock on his accessmn to tho treasury Depart ment, made an address to bis subordinates, from which wo extract the following para graph, as worthy of special notice: "I have confidence in our nafi cma! resour ces, and in the steady, unwavering determi nation of the loyal people of the country, ir respective of party, to preserve the Union and maintain the public faith. I have con fidence that the people will cheerfully fur nish the money required to bring the war to successful conclusion, and that they will be able to bear any burdens that have been or may be created in the great contest which the Government is waging for Its own pres ervation. My chief aim will, of course be to provide means to discharge the claims upon the Treasury at the earliest day practicable, and to institute measures to bring the busi ness of the country gradually back 10 the specie basis, a departure from which, al though for the time being a necessity, is no less damaging and demoralizing to the Peo ple, than expensive to the Government."— If Mr. Secretary McCullough succeeds in performing his promises, he will have earned the gratitude of the whole country. The pay of Andrew Johnson, Brigadier Gen., Military Governor of Tenoessre and Vice President elect of the United States,has be. stopped at the request of the Quarter Master's Department the returns and ac counts required of him by law and the regu ations for duty in that office. . LOCAL AND PERSONAL.^ THE LAW or NEWSPAPERS, 1 SUBSCRIBER* wbs do not gi re - express notice to the contrary tft cen aidered as wishing to continue their subscriptieu. 2. Any person who takes a paper from tba Pesl Office—whether directed to his Dame or lo another* or whether he has subscribed or not, is responsible tor the pay 3" If a person orders his paper discontinue], he must pay all arrearages, or the publisheer may ten inueto senjit until payment is made, and collect a ® ount . ichether it be taken/row th* offi til the iiavme e [ e cttn be 100 le ß' il duoodtinuanee ui til the payment is made. 4. It the subscriber orders his paper to bcfetOMed at a certain time, and the publisher continues to send, the subscriber „ bound Jo pay , Qr , takes it out of the office Ihe law proceeds on the ground that a man must pay for what he uses 5. If subscribers remove to other placee Without informing the publisher, and the newspapers are sent to their former direction, they are responsible 6. The Courts have decided that refusing to take a paper or periodical from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled fur while in arrears lo the publish er, is evidence of iutsDtional fraud. 7. The Ci urts have also decided that a Poet Mat ter who neglects tt> perform his duty of giving notice as required by the regulations of the Post-office I>e partuient, of the neglect of a person to take from the office newspapers addressed to him, renders the Poet Master liable to the publisher for the sdbauription. Stopping Papers.—Should you desire the publish er of a newspaper to discontinue sending his paper to you, always be positive that he is paid for it Up to the date of your request. Remember, if you neg lect this duty, it is at his option to do so or not; end if be may prefer to continue sending it, he can hold you responsible for it until all arrearages ere aid. The Slips lu the Presbyterian Church will be sold for the coming year, Monday, April lOlh at 3 o'clock P. H Subscribers to the Democrat who may have chaßged their residences and Post Office, this Spring should notify us at once that we may change their address upon our books. The C anal.--No attempt, as far as we knew ha# been made to repair the canal in this rieiaity . We understand that the work is being repaired from Towanda Northward, and on the lower North Branch from Pitteton southward. The Post-Office, at this place, has been reme? Ed from the portion of the town known as "sandy bottom," to tjjat known as "gravel Hill." The le moval seems to have been made more to aceommo— date the Post-Hrarter, than the Public. We have heard quite a number of people express themselves with itbut, for ourselves, we frUVU conclueed to grumble just as little as possible-know ing that grumbling will do no good. The office is located one door south of 0. S. Mills' Tin and Stove store. The Wyoming National Bank at this pleee opeued formally on Monday last. It was quite • busy day with them. Depositors seemed to stead ready with the gecn-bncks in their fingers, anxious to place them where they would be safe. Quite a brisk business too, w C leam. was done in the sale ef the U S. 7-30 bonds. Julius llickok Esq- of the First Nation al Bank at Acranton is here arranging, greasing up and putting the machinery in motion. He exhibit# an aptitude for the businers rarely seen in so young a man. The notes of the bank have not yet been received but will be forthcoming in a ferw days. Meanwhile persons wishing to deposit, or make Joans, will expe rienc- no difficulty in doing su,—except in getting funds in the one. 01 a responsible endorser in the other case. " a r-fetched and dcarbougbt/' is not |. ways proof of value. The medical world is beco u ing alive to the fact that our common Dock Root of the field*, is an important remedial agent, a D d 000 of the most effectual alteratives known. It has al ways been a favorite medicine with the wise mother* of the country, for ulcers and sores and for purifying the bloed. This root which grows so abundantly around us everywhere, is now known to be one of the ingredients of Aycr's Sarsaparilla, which ie at tracting public nttention by its extraordinary curee of cutaneous and ulcerous diseases. Each oountry produces the antidotes for its own disorders, aa wae said of old '"and upon the hanks thereof shall grow all trees for meat, whose flower shall not fade, and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. "-[Northfield, (Yt.) Herald.] The Lady's Friend --"Grandmother'# Story* is the significant title ol tbe handsome and express lve steel engraving of the April number of the L*. dy s friend. The story attached to it, by Bet)* 2L Spencer, explains the significance of the engr*inf. " hen we have the usual richly colored doubls (tee) Fashion Plate- Then a variety of other engraving#, of the fashions, work-table, Ac. Then for musie, * song, "I Built a Bridge of Fancies " Then the ur ual amount of literary matter, including "Luvinia'i Education," by Julia Gill; 'A Story of a Boose, hold," by Mrs. Ilosmer; "Larry O'Leary's Ghost," by Emma M, Johnson ; "Two Kisses," by {da fg*- son ; 'An Every-day story." by Leslie Walter "Four Birthdays," by Francis Lee ; 'The Statue is the Block, by Beatrice Colonna; Noveltiee for April. Editor's Department, New Books, Receipt# Fashionss Ac., Ac. Price 92,50 ; 2 copies 8-I,OU . 9 copies $16.00; 21 copies 835 00. Specimen numbers will b sen) to those desirous of making up clubs for 15 eta,— Wheeler Edwin Stephen# Win. F. TERRY, Clerk. ) Hiram Bodel. WM. M. PIATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Of lice in Stsrk's Brick Block Tioga St., Tunk hmneck, Fa.