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HARVEY" SICKLER, Editor.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA
Wednesday* Apr. 26, 1865.
jp-ag- Qea Johnston surrendered the last
considerable portion of the rebel army, to
t.'en. Sherman, on terms which were satis
factory to the latter general, and would have
been so to a people sick and tired of war,
debt and blood. The arrangement is nt
satisfactory to President Johnson and his
advisers. The terms are too liberal The
war is to be continued. Grant has been sent
to*supersede Sherman, and to force the reb
els to accept terips without conditions.—
The confiscation and extermination policy
secnw to bo the ono adopted by the new
President.
Jefferson Davis has crossed the Mississ- J
ijipi and it is said to be on his way to Tex is .
attempted riot in Philadelphia,
over which the Harrisburg Telegraph seemed
so much elated, arose from the fact that the
Age, on hearing the news of Mr Lincoln's as
sassination, put out its flag draped with
mourning. Some passers by seeing this, be
came intdn=ely excited, and proposed to ofh
ers'who soon collected in considerable num
bers to tear down the flag, and with it the
office. Soon, however—as the news spread
—the ciowd saw 'he example followed in ev
ery direction, every flag up aud down Chest
nut streef assuming the same drapery, and
it dawned upon their intelligent minds that
perhaps, after all, there was nothing 60 bad
a'oont it. Suine loyalists have an astonishing
way of preserving the supremacy of the law.
CAPTIRF or MOBILE.— The New Orleans
Times states that the city of Mobile was
occupied by the Federal forces under General
Granger without resistance. After the cap.
twtvof Forts Span: sh and Blakely , on the
ffth'inst.. the Confederates commenced evac
uating the remainder of the works more im
mediately surrounding the city. The pro
cess of evacuation occupied three davs, com
mencing on the 10th inst., and continuing
until the 12th, on which day the rearguard
of the enemy quitted the city. Another
vessel —the tugboat Allen—is reported to
Lave been blown up by a torpedo.
■.TH.E RADICALS NOT SATISFIED.. -Many of
tiie radical abolitioniots are dissatisfied with
the Surrender of I.e.e, n"'t alan with Grant for
accepting it. They would have it continue
§0 as to make money out of the blood of the
.nation. The truly "loyal" people, however,
ate well pleased—glad that Lee surrendered ;
glad that Grant accepted it ; glad that he
granted the terms he did ; glad thrt drafting
apj&rccruittng are postponed, and will be ten
fold glad w hen they fiear, which they pray
may be soon, that the war is entirely over.—
Ex.
President Johnson,
.^i° n * Andrew Johnson, President of the
Lnited States, is in the fifty-sixth year of his
age.:- 111, family resides at present in Nash
ville, Tenn., and consists of his wife and four
children, two.sous and two daughters. Ilis
son Robert is twenty-nine,and Andrew John
B 'J n > j r u is twelve years of age. His two
daughters with their families also reside in
N \shvilie, having been driven from their
hum'eS in Eastern Tennessee. One of Mr.
Johuson's sons, Charles, a surgeon iu the ar-
throwu from his horse in the year
1863, and killed ; and Colonel Stover, a son
in law, commanding the 4th regiment of
Tennessee infantry, was killed in the battle
of Nashville, while gallantly leading his corn
mind, on the ISth of December, 1864, Judge
Patterson, who is also a son in law of the
President, lives in Nashville. Mrs. Johnson
has Leon in very delicate health for some time
past, and it is probable Mr. Colonel Stover
will preside over ihe Presidential household.
• ••►*
OPPOSED TO PEACE.— The Republican Leg
islature of New York must be opposed to
p.-acA, Last week the House of Representa
tives refused to entertain a resolution of
thanks for the bloodless victories of General
Grant,
NEW Co. N —The UnitedStatcs Mint has
commenced the coinage of the recently au
thorized Three Ct ,f piece, the color of lead,
and much of thai dui appearance.
Senator L. S Foster, the new Vice
President, was born in Franklin, New London
county, Connecticut, November 22, 1806, and
is a direct descendant of Miles Standish. He
hrs l>e'n a member pf the General Assembly
of Connecticut, Speaker of the House, Mayor
<f<he city of Norwich,and United States Sen
atoi.tn which position he was elected in 1855,
and re elected in 1860.
The rewards now offered for the ar
rest of J. Wilkes Booth amount in the ag
gregate to the large sum of one hundred and
twenty .thousand five hundred dollars, and
probably wiil be considerably increased.
G2T BALTIMORE, April 18—The City
Council* have offered a reward of §lO 000
for the aTro st of the assassin of President
Lincoln.
nC The Nashville papers announce the
AeathPpf -Andrew Jackson, Jr., the adopted
son ul Genera! Jackson.
IMPORTANT LETTER FROM J.
WILKES BOOTH.
He Ackuowledges an Intention to Com*
mit a Desperate Deed.
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[From the Inquirer of Weduesday.]
The following verbation copy of a letter in
writing, which is the hand writing of John
Wilkt>6 Booth, the murderer of Mr. Lincoln,
has been furnished us by H >n. William Mill
ward. United States Marshal of the Eastern
D<atrict of Pennsylvania. It was handed
over to that officer by John St. Clarke, who
is a brother-in-law of Mr. Booth. The his
tory connected with if. is somewhat peculiar.
In November, 1864, the paper was deposited
with Mr. Clarke by Booth, in a 6ealed enve
lope, ''for safe keeping," Mr. Clarke being
ignorant o( its contents. In January last.
Booth called at Mr. Clarke's house, asked for
the package, and it was given up to him. It
is now supposed that at that time be took
out the paper and added to it his signature,
which appears to be in a different ink from
that used in the body r,f the letter; and also
from the language employed could not have
been put to it originally. Afterward he re
turned the package to Mr. Clarke again for
safe keeping, sealed and bearing the super
scription "J. Wilkes Booth."
The inclosure was preserved by the family
without suspicion of its nature* After the
afflicting information of the assassination of
the President, which come upon the family
of Mr. Clarke with crushing force, it was
considered proper to open the envelope.—
There were found in it the following paper,
with some 6even thirty United States bonds,
and certificares of shares in oil companies.
Mr. Clarke promptly handed over the paper
to Marshal Millward, in whose custody it
now remains. From a perusal of this paper
it seems to have been prepared by Boothe as
a vindication of some desperate act which be
had in contemplat on ; and from the language
used it is probable that it was a plot to ab
duct the President and carry him off to
Virginia. If this was meditated it failed,
and from making a prisoner of the President
up to his assassination was an easy step for
a man of perverted principles. The italacs
are Booth's own. The letter is as follows.
Mr DEAR SIR You may use this as you
think best. But as some may wish to know
when, who and why , and as I know not how
to direct, I give it (in the words of your
master.)
To whom it may concern :
Right or wrong, God judge me, not man.
For be my motives good or bad, of one thing
lam sure, the lasting condemnation of the
North.
I lovs peace more than life. Have loved
the Union beyond expression. For four
years have I waited, hoped and prayed for
the dark clouds to break, and for a restora
tion of our former sunshine. To wait longer
would be a cnme. All hope for peace is
dead. My prayers have proved as idle as
my hopes. God's will be done. Igo to see
ard share the bitter end.
I have ever held the South were right.—
The very nomination of Abraham Lincoln,
four years ago, spoke plainly, war—war upon
Southern rights and institutions. His elec
tion proved it. "Await an overt act " Yes,
till you are bound and plundered. What
fully ! The South was wise. Who thinks
of argument or patience when the finger of
his enemy presses on the trigger?" fn a
foreign war , I, too,'could say, "country, right
or wrong." But in a struggle such as ours
(where the brother tries to pierce the broth
er's heart,) for God's sake ctoose the right.
When a country like this spurns justice
from her 6ide 6he forfeits the allegiance of
every honest freeman, and should leave him,
untrammeled by any fealty soever, to act as
his conscience may approve.
People of the North ! to hate tyrranny, to
love liberty and justice, to strike at wrong
and oppreasion, was the teaching of our fa
thers The study of our early history will
not let me forget it, and may it never.
This country was formed for the white, not
for the black man. And looking upon Afri
can slavery from the same stand-point held
by the noble framcrsof our Constitu'Uon, I
for one, have ever considered it one of the
greatest blessiuSs (both for themselves and
us) that God ever bestowed upon a favorite
nation. Witness, heretofore our wealth and
power, witness their elevatioo and enlight
ment above their race elsewhere. I have
lived among it most of my life, and have seen
less harsh treatment from master to man
than I have beheld in the North from father
to son. Yet, heaven knows, no one would be
willing to do more for the negro race than I,
could I but see away to still better their
condition.
But L'ncolu'i policy is only preparing the
way for their total annihilation. The South
are not, no* have they been fighting for the
continuance of slavery. The first battle of
Bull Run did away with that idea. Their
eauses since for war have been as noble and
greater far than those that urged our fa
thers on. Even should we allow they were
wrong at the beginuing of this contest, cru
elly and injustice have made the wrong be
come the right, and they stand now (before
the wonder and admiration of the world) as
a noble bandjof patriotic heroes. Hereafter
reading of their deeds, Themopylae will be
forgotten.
When I aided in the capture and execution
of John Brown (who was a murderer on our
western border, and who was fairly tried and
convicted, before an impartial judge and jury,
of treason, and who, by the way, has since
been made a god,) I was proud of my little
share in the transaction, for I deemed it my
duty, and that I was helping our common
country to perform an act ofjustice. But
what was a crime in poor John Brown is
now considered (by themselves) as the
greatest and only virtue of tlje whole Repub
lican party. Strange transmigration 1 Vice
to become a virtue , simply because more in
dulge in it.
1 thought then, as now, that the Aboli
tionists weie the only traitors in the land,
and that the entire party deserved the tame
fate a.s poor old Brown, not because they
wished to abolish slavery, but on account of
the means they have ever endeavored to use
to effect that abolition. If Brown were liv
ing, I doubt whether he himself would set
slavery against the Union. Most, or many,
in the North do, and openly curse the Union,
if the South are to return and retain a am
gle right guaranteed to them by every tie
which we once revered as sacred. Tho
South can make no choice. It is either ex
termination or slavery for themselves (worse
than death) to draw from. I know my
choice.
I have also studied hard to discover upon
what grounds the right of a State to secede
has been denied, when our very name, Unit
ed States, and the Declaration of Independ
ence both provide for secession. But the.'e
is no time fur words. I write in haste. I
know how ioolish I shall be deemed for un
dertaki; g such a step as this, where, on the
one Bide, I have maoy irienda and everything
to make me happy, where my profession
alone has gained uie an income of more than
twenty thousand dollars a year, and where
my great personal ambition in my profession
has such a great field for labor. On the
other hand, the South have never bestowed
upon me one kind word ; a place now where
I have no friends, except beneath the sod
}
a place where I must either become a private
soldier or a beggar To give up all of the
former for the latter , besides my mother and
sisters, whom I love so dearly (although
they so widely differ with me in opinion)
seems insane; but God is my judge. I love
justice more than Ido a country that dis
owns it ; more than fame and wealth ; more
(Heaven pardon me if wrong) more than a
happy home. I have never been upon a bat
tle field ; but 0, my countrymen, could you
all but see the reality or effects of this hor
rid war, as I have seen them in every state
(save Virginia,) I know you would think
like me, and would pray the Almighty to
create in the Northern mind a sense of right
and justice (even should it possess no sea
soning of mercy.) and that He would dry up
this sea of blood between us, which is daily
growing wider. Alas ! pooi country, is she
to meet her threatened doom ? Four years
ago, I would have given a thousand lives to
! see her remain (as I had always known her)
powerful and unbroken. And even now I
would hold my life as nought, to 6ec her
what she was. Omy friends, if the fearful
scenes of the past four years had never been
enacted, or if what has been had been but a
frightful dream, from which we could now
awake, with what overflowing hearts cuuld
we bless our God and pray for his continual
favor, How 1 have loved the old Jlug can
never now be known. A few years since and
the entire world could boast of none so pure
and spotless. But I have of late been seeing
and hearing of the bloody deeds of which
she h-s been made the emblem, and would
shudder to think how changed she has grown
0 how I have longed to see her brrak from
the mist of blood and death that circles
round her folds, spoiling hor beauty and tar
nishing her her honor. But 80, day by day
has sho been dragged deeper and deeper into
cruelty and oppression, til! now (in my eye*)
her once bright red stripes look like bloody
gashes on the face of Heaven. I .look now
upon my early admiration ot her glories a? a
dream. My lve as things stand to day, is
for the South alone. Nor do I deem it a
dishonor in attempting to make for her a
prisoner of th's roan, to whom she owes so
much of misery. If success attends m, Igo
penniless to her side. They ay she has
found that '"last ditch" which the North
have so long derided, and been endeavoring
to force her in, forgetting they are our
brothers, and that it's impolitic to goad an
enemy to madness. Should I reach her in
safely and find it true, I will proudly beg
permission to triumph or die in that same
"ditch", by her side.
A Confederate doing duty on his own re
sponsibility. J.WILKES BOOTH.
Beecher on Presideut Line An.
We publish thefollowing from the Inde
pendent, Henry Ward Beecher's pa per,which
is tfce especial organ of the radicals. As
thia class are now crowding around the new
President and claim him as the representa
tive of their peculiar ideas, we deem it well
enough to preserve it, as a scrap of hisrory,
which in the rapid whirl of events, may be
overlooked and torgotten. We hope this one
false step of the president, taken at a time
when the eyes of the whole world were up"
on him, may be more than atoned for, by his
subsequent course. Whatever of merit there
may be in his administration, we shali cer
tainly be willing to accord to him. He has
yet to prove himself worthy to occupy the
place once occupied by a Waehington, a Jef
ferson, and that long list of heroes and states
men who have proceeded him. The mere
fact that he has become the chief ruler of the
nation, does *not, of itself, transform him
from a demon—as he was thought by some;
to a demigod—a 6 he will now be represented
perhaps by the same persons. That he may
more than redeem himself, is our with and
prayer.
But, hear what Beecher said of Andrew
Johnson—as Vice President.
[From the Independent]
And now,concerning the Vice President and
the humiliating spectacle which on that day
he furnished to the wot Id, shall we speak or
keep aileut ? Perhaps there exists some
good reason why the sad truth should be
suppressed, but no such reason have we jet
discerned. We cannot, therefore, join with
our three neighbors, the Tribune, the Times, j i
and the Evening Post, in pardoning with si~ < <
lenco the great disgrace which Andrew John
ion iufl cted that day upon his country.—
Had the tables been turned, and a similar
offense been committed hj- Geo. 11. Pendle
ton, we can hardly believe that these jour
nals would have laid their fingers on their
lips in a hush of criticism. As for ouroelves,
we trust we are habitually slow to speak ill
of public men, even of 6uch as deserve dis- [
praise ; and certainly among the many jour- |
nale which have aforetime been hearty in j
their kind words of Andrew Johnson, none
have been heartier than this sheet; but if,
such an appearance as he presented during \
his inauguration is to pass without public
rebuke, in these and in other newspaper col
umns, then there no longer remains to the
press any duty of impartial criticism of men
in official stations. Once or twice, we have
felt it our duty to speak aga'nst the excess
ive use of intoxicating liquors by some of our
public men. It may be asked—What is the
duty of a public journal in such cases? It
seems to us plain. We hold that if a public
man is drunken in a private* company he is
not amenable to comment in the newspapers
but if be be drunken while acting his pari on
a public occasion, his offense is against the
public, and should never be shielded from the
just punishment of public censure. Iu the
Senate chamber, on the 4th of March, in
presence of the Senate, of the House, of the
Cabinet, of the Supreme Court, of the diplo
matic corps, of the newspaper press, of a
gallery of ladies, and (during part of the
time) of the President of the United States—
and on an occasion to be forever historic—
the Vice-President elect presented himself
to take his solemn oath of office in a state of
intoxication. Not in anger but in sorrow do
we chronicle this fact, which we have no just
right to suppress. A few weeks ago, the
Speaker of tho House of Representatives was
commanded by vote of that body to adminis
ter a public reprimand to a member who had
committed a similar offense with less conspic
uous shame. If a member cf Congress is to
be punished for such an act, shall the Pres
ident of the Senate remain unpunished ? Of
course, the Senate will choofe its own meth
od of reaching the case ; a method which, we
trust, will be kind, moderate, and just. But,
meanwhile, it is the plain duty cf Mr. John
son either to apologize for his conduct or to
resign his office. In the name of an insulted
people, we are compelled to demand that so
great an affront to the dignity of the repub
lic shall be made to bear a fit penalty, atone
mcnt, and warning.
Sketch of John Wilkes Booth the .Murderer
of the President.
John Wilkes Booth, who is directly accus
ed of assassination of President Lincoln, is
one of the sons of the celebrated English ac
tor, Lucius Junius Booth, the cotemporary
and rival ot Edmund Kean. The elder Booth
came to this country as a star actor, and fi
nally settled upon a farm near Baltimore Aid
His eccentric habits, strange extravagances
and wasied life are familiar to most of our
readers. By different wives the elder Booth
had four sons. Junius Brutus, Edwin, John
Wilkes and Joseph. The three oldest broth
ers adopted t lie stage as a profession. The
younger studied medicine, and was last heard
from somewhere in Georgia.
John Wilkes Booth was born in 1838.near
Baltimore, in the same vicinity as the noted
Rebel Harry Gilmore. He was named after
John Wilkes, a famous English tragedian.—
At the earty age of six teen he went upon the
stage, and in 1856 made a regular debut at
Philadelphia. He inherits the well known
Booth face and figure, and some cf the dra
i matic talent of the family. After starring for
a while in the previnces we find him in 1859
• '6O, the leading actor at Montgomery, Aluba
i ma. There he was regarded as a triilo crazy
i In 1860 he wounded himself in the foot with
: a pistol, and caine North to recruit his
i health.
8"oon after his arrival there discovering that
his brother Edwin was achieving a decided
success, he determiued upon a debut in New
York, and made his first appearance in this
city at Wallack's old theatre, now in Broad
way, which was then under the management
ot Miss Mary Provost. He opened in Rich
i and the Third , playing very tamely till the
, fighting scene a 1 the eDd of the drama, when
he wielded his two handled sword with such
vim aud vigor, as to astonish the audiancc.
The stage combat has Dcver been better per-*
I formed, One evening, roused to intense ex
, citement, be attacked Mr. E. L. Tilton, the
, '"Richmond" of the occasion, so violently as
to knock him into the orchestra, nearly
breaking his artn. Aftet two or three nights
! of'-Richard," young Booth played "Shy lock"
and failed. The uunatural son, in Schiller's
Robbers , was his third role , and after acting
, it he went to Boston and Philadelphia, where
he was better received.
When the present war began John Wilkes
Booth avowed himself an ardent Secessionist,
and he always persisted in his disloyalty
So many actors shareJ hif opinions, however,
and expressed almost as strongly, that his
sentiments gave him no particular notoriety.
ll'B brothers, Junius and Edwin, were and
are most decided Union men, and several
quarrels have arisen between the brothers on
account of their differences. They acted to
gether, however, at the Winter Garden, on
the 23d of November last, for the benefit of
the Shakespeare Monument Fund, and at
tracted one of the largest and most intellect
ual audiences ever assembled in any th-atre.
The play was J-lius Cccsar , with Edwin
Booth as "Brutus," Junius Booth as "Cas
sius,"and John Wilkes Booth as "Marc An<-
tony." As an actor John Wilkes could not
compare with either of his brothers, although
bis resemblance to them in form, feature,
voice and manner was remarkable. This
waa his last public appearance in this cit}'.
Some months ago John Wilkes Booth caascd
acting on acc >unt of abrodchial affection, and
since thtm be is said to hate* accolflattted
considerable money by oil speculations in
Western Virginia. Of late he has passed a
large portion of his time In Washington, with
which city and its was perfectly
familiar. About eight or ten days ago he
was in New York, drinking profusely. Ru
mor says that in bis drunken moods he has
often declared his intention to kill President
Lincoln, and that he often exhibited a nicked
bullet, which, he said, was to do the deed.—
The truth of these statements may be ascer
tained by the pol'ce upon inquiry of his asso
ciates here; but it is certain that he talked
in a wild, reckless way about the war and
that his sympathies we'e entirely with the
Rebels. Of this, we believe, he made BO
concealment, and it is reported that his
brother Edwin turned him out of the house a
short time ago in consequence of his treason
able utterances.
—
Inauguration of President Johnson.
Upon the death of a President the Vice
President succeeds to the cffice of President
ex officio under the provisions of the Consti
tution of the United States. Mr. Johnson
requested that the ceremonies of the inau
geratton take place at at the Kirk
wood House. Accordingly on the morning
after tho death of President Lincoln the fol
lowing gentlemen assembled in the Vice
President's room to participate in the cere
monies: Hon, S. P. Chase, Hon. H. Mc-Cul
loch, Attorney General Speed, F. P. Blair,
Hon. Montgomery Blair, Senators Foote of
Vermont, Yates of Illinois, Ramsay of Min
nesota, Stewart of Nevada, Hale of New
Hampshire and General Farnsworth of Illi
nois.
The Chief Justice, Mr. Chase, administer
ed the following oath to Mr. Johnson :—"I
do solemnly swear that I will faithfully exe
cute the office of President of the United
States, and will to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect and defend the Constitution
of the United States." After receiving the
oath, and being declared President of the
United States, Mr. Johnson remarked:
GENTLEMEN :—I must be permitted to
say that I nave been almost overwhelmed by
the announcement of the sad event which
has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent
to perform duties so important and respons
ible as those which have been so unexpect
edly thrown upon me. As to an indication
of any policy which may be pursued by me
in administration of the goveenment, I have
to say that must be left fur dcvelopemcnt as
the administration progresses. Message or
declaration must be made acts as they trans
pire. Tiie only assurance that I can now
givo of the of the future, is reference to the
past. The course wnich I have taken in the
past in connection with this rebellion, must
he regarded as a guarantee of thp future
My past public life, which has been long and
laborious, has been founded, as I in good
conscience beliove, upon a great principle of
right, which lies at the basis of all things,—
The best energies of my lite have be*n spent
in endeavoring to establish and perpetuate
the principle of fres government. I believe
that the g -vernment, in parsing through its
present perils, will setile down upon the
principles consistent with the popular rights,
more permanent and enduring than hereto
fore. I must be permitted to say, if I under
stand the feelings of my own heart, that I
have long labored to ameliorate and elevate
the condition of the great mass of the Amer
ican people. Toil and an honest advocacy
of the groat principles of free government
nave been my lot. Duties have been mine—
consequences are God's. Tiiis has been the
foundation of my political creed. I feel thai
in the end the Government will triumph and
that these great principles will be pernia
nently established.
In conclusion, gentlemen, let me say that
I want your encouragement ar.d countenance.
I shall ask and rely upon your advice in
carrying the Government through its pres
ent perils. I feel, in making this request,
that it will be responned to by you and all
oilier patriots and lovers of the rights and
interests of a free people.
At the conclusion of the remarks, the
President received the kind wishes of friends
by whom he was surrounded. A few min
utes were devoted to conversation, All
were deeply impressed with the Solemnity of
the occasion, and the present sad occurrence
that caused the necessity for the speedy in
auguration of the President was gravely dis
cussed.
Long Contemplation of the Crime.
[From the Chicago Journal.]
A theatrical gentleman of this city informs
i.e that in the early part of 1863, during an
engagement of J. Wilkes Booth at MoVic* -
er's theatre, he made the remark one day,
'•What a glorious opportunity there is lor a
man to immortalize himself by killing Lin
coin !"
"What good would that do?" he was ask
ed.
He then quoted these lines :
' The ambitious youth who fired the Ephoaian dome
Outlives in fame the pious fool who roared it."
"Well, who was that ambitious youth—
what was his name ?" was then asked.
"That I don't know," Booth replied.
"Then where's the fame you speak of? '
This, our informant tells us, nonplussed
him.
j From this it would so;m that the assassin
has had the commission of this horrid crime
i in bis mind for at least two or three years.
General McClellan was in Rome at
last accounts, where he was treated with
distinguished consideration. The Russian
Ambassador had given him a banquet.
car At the great sanitary fair in Chica
go, Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas and Mrs. Gen
eral Sherman are to have charge of the tables
under the auspices of the Catholics.
jrar Clamorous people should remember
the tail of the rattlesnake makes alt the noise
but the head docs the execution.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
The Rev. Mr. Newel, it i* M id has been as
signed to this pi "re, tor tba Best year, by the hH
Me thod Ist Conference, for tbU district.
The Canal Company bare commenced repair.
ng the damage done to the canal by the late des
tructive freshet. It ia hoped that it auy be eea
p leted in time for tue during the letter pert ef the
summer.
Judge Elwell's House.at Blootaaharg e
learn by the Columbia County Democrat, waa -
tered a few nights since by a thief, and goods to the
value of upwards of 3200. were taken therefrom.
Hotel Keepers, who have been granted Lleewa
at the last term of Court,should remember that by ea
express provision of the law, the license is forfeited,
if not taken from the office within fifteen days timm
j the time of gTtnting. Persons interested should
govern themselves accordingly.
That new Bocnet can now be seen by selling
on Mrs BardweU, who, we learned, indirectly, bee
just received a new and splendid stock of military
and fancy goods of every description. We are net
very profoundly versed in the mysteries of foseele
paraphernalia or we might designate, more particu
larly what she hat got. The ladies will hare te sell
and see for themselves
Attention is Called to the fact that John WeQ
is now receiving his new and elegant stock of dross
goods Ac., which have been purchased sinee the late
reduction in prices. And is now prepared to under
sell all competitors. Those of oar friends who havw
discovered within the last three years how easily
dealers rose in prices ; should now make a visit Is
John's, just to see how gracefully ht comtt down.
Ancient Metaphysicians, pat it down as can
of the fixed principles of their most abstruse seieaee,
that, the highest degree o I earthly enjoyment is d*.
rived from objects which are pleasing to all ef the
five senses, with which we are endowed by an un
wise Creator. The more modern writers en thie
subject have demonstrated that this rale let* to
taken with maoy giains of allowance, and, that hi
order to elevate a lady to that beatifie region, de
nominated by psychologists, as the "seventh heav
ens she must have, not only a fashionable end
elegant bonnet, but, the tout emsemble of her ward
robe, must be easy, becoming, and elegant. Iu
order to complete her outfit, end bring about thii
most desirable comsummation, no lady should fail tu
call at Mrs, A. O. Stark's Millinery establishment
where she will not fail to find many things which so
her, are absolutely indispensable.
The Lady's Friend—The Mar number 0f
this favorite periodical opens wi'h a truly beautifal
engraving rallied ' The Cup of Cold Water," an fr
ustration of a poem by Thomas Ilood, which eea
veys the profound moral lesson that often in the do
ing o very little and si aple things is to be found
"The accepted sacrifice" The Fashion Plate of this
number, is as usual, double, and remarkably well
engraved, The wood engravings lead off with a
pretty picture of a child "Among the May Flowers "
followed by the usual variety ef cms devoted to tbu
illustration ef the fashions, tfeedle-work, Ac. Among
the literary matter we may specify "Under tke Ap
ple-tre-j," by Miss Virginia F. Townsend ; "One ef
the Martyrs," by Emma B, Ripley ; "My Ruth and
I," by Margaret E. Starr ; "Before God and Man."
"The Ghost of Mac Grau's Abbey," by Mrs, Hosmer
"Pinewold," "Four Birthdoyi," "Story of a Sove,"
Novelties for May, Editor's Department, Ac. The
music for this number is an amnsing song culled
''Pat hat struck Tie" , , •
Price 32 50 a year ; 2 copies. To those deeireue
of making up clubs, syecimen numbers will be seat
for loots. Wheeler \ Wilson't celebrated Sewing
Machines art furnished at Premiums. Address
Deacon A Peterson, 319 Walnut street, Philadelphia.
Now it (he time to send on subscription for ISM
COURT PROCEEDINGS. \
April Ttrm 1865.
COMMOW PLEAS— Maggie Kdaail by her aect
friend D. D Dewitt v. Joseph H. Ediall— Decree ef
Divorce granted by the Couit.
No Jury trials were had in the Common Pleat
the cases on the list, all being put over or settled
by agreement.
QCARTEU SESSIONS,
On pstitien of George Atkinson Commissiee ef
Lunacy granted in case of Wm H. Conrad-Inquisi
tion held. Win. H. Conrad /ound lunatic. JL H. At*
kinson, appointed Committee.
g/n re of the appointment of Constable of Exeter
Tp. to fill vacancy occasioned by the death of Isiaae
Sickler. On petition of citizens Earl Sickifr ap
point d,
Comth. v. Jag- L.Mullison,lndiotuaent Embesale
ment case tried. Vsrdict, guilty,— Sentenced te tw*
( years solitary confinement, in Eastern Penitentiary
and to pay a fine of 35 193.
Comth. v. \\ m. II Conrad—charge assault and
Battery T.S. Lyman Pros Bill Ignored— Pros, te
I pay the costs.
1 Comth. v. Abner Rosengrant and Beeeher Rosea
grant Indictment, Assault and Batiery. Gideon
, Beebo I ros. Tru t Bill—Doft's not in court. Ceso
not tried-
On petition of citisens of Nichols in, and motion
in Court Peter Baker, Constable of Nicholson resign
ed and E T. Stephens appointed.
' On Petition setting forth a vacancy in the offloe ef
i Constable of North Branch. D. S. Catiin appointed
to fill vacancy.
Comth. v. Joseph A Ellsworth, Indictment Forni
cation and Bastardy True Bill at Ap-il Sessiers
1564. Case tried Verdict, not guilty Deft* to pay
costs of prosecution.
Comth v Wm. II Conrad, Indiotment Assaelt
j and Battery. True Bill—case tried —verdiet Deft
( not guilty on the ground of insanity.
Comth v.Wm. Larking. Indictment,
Perry Sbkler, Pros. True Bill.
' Com'th v. Peter McQueen. Six Indictments fier
1 selling liquors to minors, on the Sabbath, and with
out a lioense. One case tried, vervict guilty. A
plea of guiltr entered as to others. Sentence de
ferred to August sessions.
Com'th v. Ilellen Williams. M. 4 Wall, Pros'**
Indictment, Assault and Battery. True Bill at
Jan'y sessions, Non Pros entered on peymeut ef
' costs,
Com'th v. Joseph Goodwin. Indictment, Aaeaelt
and Battery. Bills ignored, Connty to pay costs,
Comonweaith v. Benj Meeker and Thos. Meeker
Indictment, Larceny John Myers, Pros. True,
Bill, case tried. Verdict not gnitty.
Comth. v Dennis Sbean. Indictment Assault
and Battery. True Bill. Sally Ames Pro#'*. Case
tried—Verdict Guilty. Deft sentenced to pay fine
of 325 and costs,
Com' th. v. Freeman Dixon et al. Charge—Riet.
On motion, mon pros, entered.
Order of Court as to Funeral Obsequies af
President Lincoln.
AP RIL 19th 1865.
P. M. Osterbont Esq., moved
that the court adjourn until after the hour for the
funeral servk jt of the late President ol th# Baited
States.
Geo. S, Tutton informed the Court that at the
hour of 12 M. services woald be held in tholf. E.
Church.
In responding to the motion Judge Elwell Prodd
ing said; We cheerfully comply with this motioa.
In the tragic death of the late President, whose
j funeral obsequies are ibie day <a take place, a great