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JOB WORK of all kinds neatly executed, and at prices to suit tha times. All TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS and JOB - WORK must be paid for, when ordered. JJlltfiltfSS JotifES. WM. N. PIATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Of lice in Stark's Brick Block Tioga St., Tunk hannock, Pa. R.R. LITTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Offiee on Tioga street, Tunkhannock Pa. H S.COOPER, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON • Newton Cac .re, Luzerne County Pa. GEO S. TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tunkhonnock, Pa. Office in Stark's Brie •ek, Ttoga street. 1 >R. .T. C. BEC KKR . PHYSICIAN SURGEON, Would respectfully announce to the citizensofWy naing, that he has located at Tunkhannock where he will promptly atteni to all calls in the line of his profession. IT Will bo found at home on Saturdays of each, week &{ie IJufjileu louse, HARRISHURG, PENNA. The undersigned having lately purchased the • BUEHLER HOUSE " property, has already com menced such alterations anil improvements as will render this old and popular House equal, if not supe rior, to any Hotel in the City of Harrieburg. A continuance of the public patronagh is refpect fully solicited. GEO. J. BOLTON WALLS HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/ TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. THIS establishment has recently been refitted an furnished in tbe latest style Every attention srill he given to the comfort and convenience of those •he patronize the House. T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor : Tunkhannock, September 11, 1861. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA Was. H. •OUTRIGHT, Prop'r 9 HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to tender the house an agreeable place oi sojourn for all who may favor it with their custom. Wm. U CORTRIGHT. Jane, 3rd, 1863 Dfeaius Hotel, TOWAUDA, PA. D- B- BARTLET, (Late of the BBRAINARD HOUSE, ELMIRA, N. Y. PROPRIETOR, The MEANS HOTEL, U one of th# LARGEST aad BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country—lt ia fitted up in the most modern and improved style, aad no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and agreeable stopping-place for all, y 3, n2l, ly. . CLARKE, KEEWEY.& CO., ■ AHUFACTCRERS AST) WHOLESALE DEALERS IK LADIES', MISSES'ft GENTS' &iUt aiMassimere i>ats AND JOBBERS IN HATS, CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS, PARASOLS AND UMBRELLAS. BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES, 184.9 BROADWAY, CORNER OF LEONARD STREET, msw wsmsL *. T. CLARK, 1 , A. C KBBNRR, C ■■ LCSEHBY. 3 M. GILMAN, M OILMAN, has permanently located in Tunk • ban nook Be rough, and respectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens of this place and | nrrounding country. . ™RK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS FACTION. Office oyer Tutton's Law Offioa, near th e Poa ' to. 11, 186( ©o©® 35f®Wi TO— r - HOUSE KEEPERS! Frank M. Buck Has just at the store house formerly oc cupied by C T, Marsh, one Joor below Baldwin's Hotel, in Tunkhannock, NEW GROCERY AND Provision Store, where he is prspared to sell eve;ything in the line of Family Groceries at prices far below those here tofore asked for them 0 His stock was selected aid purchased by MR. A. G. STARK in person, whose intimate acquaintance with the trade, and dealers, enabled bim to purchase at prices LtllEß THAN THE LOWEST. Mr. Stark's services as salesman, also, have been secured. 0 In the line of Groceries and Provisions, I can sell Good Molasses at 81 per Gal. Good Brown Sugar at 121 cts per lb. No, 1 Mackerel *' 12ft " '• ' Cod Fish " 9 " •' New Mess Pork " 17 " ■' " Chemical Soap •' 12J •' '• *' Saleratus '• 12ft " " •' Ground Coffee " 25 " " " Fxtra Green Rio Coffee " 40 " " " Lard " 20 " " •' Rice " 15 " " " Crackers '• 10 " " And all other articles at correspondingly low prices 0 ID the article of Teas, both as to prices nnd quality, I ffeftj ©ampetjtiira GINGER, PEPPER, SPICE, CINAMON, CLOVES. NUTMEG, MUSTARD, CREAMrTARTAR, RAISINS, FIGS, POWDER, SHOT AND LEAD. FJITi All ITS OF ail uni —ALSO— FLAVORING EXTRACTS FOR PUDDINGS, 1 IBS, CUSTARD AND ICE CREAM. 0 SPICED SALMON & SARDINES in boxes—a fine artiole for Pic-nic, fishing and pleasure parties, Ice Cream Constantly on hand, and furnished in any quanti ty desired, on short notice- MACARONI— FOR SOUPS. SMOKED HALIBUT. 0 A large and varied assortment of LAMPS, LAMP CHIMNEYS GLOBES AND WICKS, ALSO Kerosene Oil. o N. B.—WOOL, HIDES, FURS, AND SHEEP PELTS, purchased for cash or trade, for which the highest cash pries; will be paid. ©all atib fiamjite. F. M. BUCK. Tunkbaanoek, June 28, 1865. v4n46tf. "TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT." —Thomas Jefferson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 1865. licet'* ©enter. FASHIONABLE STREE USWEEPI NGT DY STELLA OF LACKAWANNA. ''When lovely woman stoops to folly,' 1 And trails her dress-goods through the street A full half yard—'tis melancholy, To eay the very least of it. Pray who could guess that so much beauty, Would condescend to clean the pare Wiih silk and muslin I—yet a duty Fashion demandeth of her slave. And on they trip in gossipping dozens, Reckless of how they gather well The debris of the public highway— Nameless, if decency would tell; And gaiter boots with faultless fitting Must hide its charms from every eye, Because, forsooth, some brainless beauty Hath trailed her rich robes proudly by. See yonder, down the drizzling sidewalk That awkward chap—some thoughtless bore, Unknowing how to pass the damsel llas rent a cou pie of breadths or more. Ilow could he tell, poor harmless fellow, Just where to put his boot-soles down, With dainty drapery idly floating— Flooding, in fact o'er half the town 7 And see the look the angel gave him As on she swept the dusty earth, While he—scared victim—stands and shivers, For, 'tis as much as life is worth To stem the fury of a woman When in fashionable guise ; Better a whole brigade of foeinen, Than lightning from her blazing eyes. "When lovely wo man stoops to folly." And drags through mud her rich attire, Sweeping abominable crossings Rather than lift her drapery higher; Each mother's son may stare and wonder And smile in scorn, but nothing more, Unless to sigh for bye-gone vears Of snow white ankles as of yore. Col- W. W. 11. DAVIS. We take from tbe Philadelphia Age, the following sketch of COL. W. \Y. 11. DAVIS, the gallant soldier who has been noaiina'ed as the Democratic candidate for AUDITOR GENERAL, of Pennsylvania. Col. Davis was born in Bucks county, in this State, ano is the only 6r-n of General John Davis, who formerly represented that district in Congress. He was educated at tbe Military Academy at Norwich, Vermont. Immediately on graduating, he was appoint ed professor of maibetnaiics and military in structor at the Military Academy at Ports mouth, Virginia. He remained there two years, when he returned home and studied law, and was admitted to the bar. Thence he entered the law school of Cambridge ; University. At this time the Hon. Caleb ! Cushing was raising bis regiment to go to Mexico, with which country the United Sla'es was then at war. Mr. Davis shut up his law books and enlisted as a private in Captain Ctowmnghield's company. Ills knowledge of military affairs soon brought htm into notice. Ho was commissioned a lieutenant, and then made adjutant of the regiment When Colonel Cashing was pro moted in the field, Lieufeuant Davis was of fered the majority ol the regiment, but being tendered the petition ef aid-de-camp and act ing assistant adjutant general on the stall by Gen. Cushing, he accepted the latter. He served on the upper line under General Tay lor for some time, and then was transferred with his brigade to the lower line to reinforce Genera! Scott. He discharged the duties of quartermaster for Patterson's division on the march from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico. In the winter of 1848 he was promoted to a captaincy by an order of General Scott, and as suca served to the end of the war. On his return home in July, 1848, he open ed an office in Doylestown, and commenced the practice of the law. In September, 1853 President Pierce appointed him District At torney of the United States for the Territory of New Mexico, and he crossed the great plains in November, of that year, and took up his residence in Santa Fe. The District At torney was obliged to ride the circuit, a thousand miles in extent, twice a year, and cross the great desert, known as el Jomado del Muerto, the Journey of Death, where for a disiance of nil ety miles water is found in only one place, and that collected from raios. The country was infested by hostile Indians, and the travel was dangerous. Captain Da vis made th's trip in the spring of 1854 in company with four members of the bar and the Matshal. In the summer of that year he was appointed Secretary of the Territory, which position he held until November 1857, when he resigned and returned to Bucks county. Meanwhile he was acting Governor and Superintendant of Indian affairs for over a vear While he resided in Santa Fe be r i<..ed and published the Santa Fe Gazette, in English and Spanish, over two years —r- Colonel Davis then crossed the great plains that stretch from the Missouri river to the Rocky Mountains times, and met with numerous adventures. Qn one occasion he was retiming to the S'atea in charge of a lady, her servant and child. When the little party he was travelling with was some four hundred miles out, and on the Cimmaron river, they were pounced upon by a war par* ty of mounted Arrapahoe Indians and made prisoners. When the Indians were seen ap proaching, tbe feraal es and child were cov ered up with blankets in one of the wagons, as their presence always increased ihe hostil ity of the savages. The teams were stopped and the men obliged to get out of the wag ons. The Indians sat down on the ground in a circle and held a council of war, to de termine the fate of the prisoners. Finally (he chief agreed to let them go on condition that they would divide their provisions, which being considered a cheap ransom, was ac cepted, and tbe party was released. At this time there was no frieudly assistance near er than ihiee hundred miles. In the spring t Mr. Davis purchased the Doylestown Democrat , one of the verv largest county newspaper establishments in the country, and since then has been en gaged in the profession of a public journalist. The rebellion of 1861 found him busily en gaged on his paper. When the insurgents fired on Sumter he threw down the pen and took up the sword. He raised the first arm ed men in his county and Congressional its trict to sustain the government. He called a meeting in the Court House on his owu responsibility, organized it, took the rostrum and in a short speech called for volunteers. Io two hours 6ixty had enrolled their names, and io two days one hundred and fifty had offered their services. He went to Harris burg with his company, and was thence sent to York. Here he was offered the lieutenant colonelcy of the 18th regiment, but would not leave bis company, and was then trans ferred to the 25th Pennsylvania regiuient, in which he served as captain through the three months' campaign, on the Upper Poto mac, under General Patterson. Capt. Davis was ordered to guard a six gun battery from York to Washington, and his company was the first body of troops which passed through Baltimore after the bloody riot o! April 19th. His men were hooted at and stoned and they sat on the trucks, with their rifles cock ed, teady to resist attacks, but none were made. C iptain Davis was mustered out of ser vice the last of July. In August he went to Washington and again tendered his services to theSecretaiy of war. He was immediate ly authorized to raise a regiment of infantry and a battery of artillery to 6erve fur three years of the war. He fixed his camp at Doylestown, and in a month his regimont, the 104ih P. V., was nearly full, composed of the very flower of the youth of Bucks and the neighboring counties. He turned ibe entire control and management of his news paper over io John D. Mendenhall, a gentleman in whom be had confidence, and gave all his time and thoughts to bis military duties. He did net resume the charge of his paper again until the Ist of January, 1865. Colonel Davis marched to Washington tie first of November; and many of our citi zens remember the splendid appearance of his regiment as it marched through tbe city. In less than a week, he was placed in com mand of a brigade and ordered to organize and discipline it. Before he bad been a month at Washington, he submitted to Gen eral McClellan, then Commander-in-Chief, a , lan of barracks to winter his brigade in which was approved, and he was ordered o build them. They were erected on Meridi an llill and the work was entirely done by his soldiers. For the last three years they have been known as ''Carver General Hos pita!.'' Colonel Davis took bis brigade to tbe Peninsula in March, 1862, and command ed it until the last of April, when he was re lieved by General 11. M. Naglee. He then returned to bis regiment. His regiment par. ticipated in all the operations in the cam paign on the Peninsula, and with the 52d Pennsylvania regiment led the celebrated reconnoissance from the Chickahominy to within four miles of Richmond. Colonel Da vis, with his regiments, brought on the cele brated action of Fair Oaks, the first of the series of bloody encounters around tbe Con federate capital. Here he lost forty per cent, of his men, and received a painful wound, a rifle ball penetrating his left elbow, at the joints, He was also 6truck by a spent mus ket ball, in tbe left breast. He was laid up by his wound two months, and rejoined bis regiment at Harrison's Landing, seven days before his leave of absence expired, and when be could not mount bis borse without assistance. When the Army of the Potomac returned to Washington, his diviaien (Peck's) was retained on tbe Peninsula, and Colonel Davis was placed in command of the import ant post at Gloucester Point, garrisoned by a small brigade. He put the extensive works there in complete repair. In December of that year he was transferred to North Caro lina, when General Foster placed him in command of his old brigade again, which he retatued, with an occasional change of regi ment, until pearly the end of his term of service, His command was trans ferred to South Carolina, in January, 1863, with the army that was intended to attack Charleston He commanded a brigade, or division, in tbe subsequent operations before that city. He was with General Terry in the action on James Island, July I6ih; he was next placed in command of the import ant post of Folly Island ; thence transferred to Morris Island, and assiated in tha siege operations against Wagner and Sumter. H 8 brigade wai one of the two selected by Gen eral Torry to make tbe final assault on Fort Wagner, the 7th of September. From the Bth of January uatilthe 25th of April, 1864, Colonel D.ivis was in command of the opera tion on Morris Island against Charleston, the only place in the department where activs hostilities were constantly carried on. This was at a time when there were eleven gen eral officers in the department. The fact that Colonel Davis was entrusted with the command of the post of honor, gives evidence of the great confidence his superior reposed in him, From Morris Island he was trans* ferred to the command of the important District of Hilton Head, ertending from Saint Helena sound, |to, and including Fort Pulaski, at the mouth of Savannah riTer, a distance of sixty miles. When a combined attack was made on Charleston, in July, 1864 Colonel Davis ccmmanded the first brigade of Hatch's division. He led the advance up Johns' Island, to within sight of the citv.— Oc the morning of the Cth, while examining with glass, a rebel battery that was play ing upon his men. he was struck on the right hand by a shell, which carried away tbe fin gers and tore the hand terribly. Of course he is made a cripple for life. After be had so far recovered from hia wound as to be able to do light duty, he was made President of a general court martial in Philadelphia, where be remained until he was mustered out of service, tbe first of October, 18C4. Colonel Davis was never promoted the rea son of which the War department can give. He entered the service with more knowledge of, and experience in military matters than ninety-nine out of every hundred officers in the volunteer army. Ho has in his possesion the very highest testimonials from bis supe rior officers, and was frequently recommend ed for promotion. He was honorably men tinned in orders for his conduct at Fair Oaks. After the fall of Wagner and Sumter, the Ad ju'ant General of the army wrote to General Giltnore, and requested him to report the names of the officers of his corps who deserv. Ed promotion. In the reply the name of Co lonel Davis stands number two, but there ii ended. The. others we believe, were all pro moted. Four out of five of the regimental ooiniuanders in Colonel Davis' brigade, and of course his juniors, were made generals. We are speaking of facts in this connection, not finding fault. It may beentertaining at some time to ask the reason. The War Department would not promote Colonel Davis. The Popular Department in Pennsylvania will probably correct executive errors so far as to elect him Auditor Genera 1. "EAT YOUR BROWN BREAD FIRST It is a plaic but truthful saying, 'Eat your brown broad first.' Nor is there a better rule for a young man's outset in the world. While you continue single you may live in as narrow limits as you please ; and it is then that you must begin to save,- in order to be pro ided for the mjre enlarged expenses of your fu ture family. Beside, a full frugal life is then supported most cheerfully. It is your own choice, and it is to be justified on the best and most honest principles in the world, and you have nobody's pride to struggle against, or appetites to master hut your own. As you advance in life and succeed, it will be expected that you will give yourself great er tndulgencieB. and you may then be allowed 0 do it both reasonably and safely. 4> AN AWFUL THREAT New Grimes wore a sad countenance. He was asked what was the matter, but no satisfactory answer was forthcoming. At length a particular friend obtained the following particulars frotn him : •You know,' said Ned,'l have been court ing Sally W. a long while, and so we bad a great notion of getting married, when the darned old colonel—' 'Go on, Ned don't be a boy ; what about the colonel ?' 'Why, you see, Sally said I had better ask him,and so I did, as perlite as I knew how.' 'Well, what reply did he make V 'Why, he kinder hinted round as if lwarn't wan'ed there, no how.' 'Well, Ned, let us know what they were— what the colonel said to diatu p b your mind so V 'Why, he said -' 'Said what ?' 'Why, he said that if he catched me there he'd cowhide me till I hadn't an inch of rind left on my back, darn him 1' The man who would systematically and willfully set about cheating a Printer, would commit a highway robbery upon a crying ba by, tend rob it of its gingerbread—rob a churcb of counterfei' pennies—lick butter off a blind nigger's "flitter"— pawu his grand mother's specs for u drink of whisky—steal acorns from a blind sow, and take tbe clothes from a scare-crow to make a respectahle ap pearance in society. C3T Woman ia like ivy—the more you are ruined the closer it clingi to you. A vile bacholer adds : 'lvy is like woman—the more it clings to you the more you are ru inep.' Poor rule that wont work both ways* TBnMS, 012,00 PBH ASTNT3M. i\ 1 <ll VOL. 5 NO. S * DIED POOR. 'lt was a tad funeral to me,' said the apeak er, 'the saddest I have attended lor year*-' 'That of EdmoDdson V 'Yes. 'How did he die V 'Poor, poor as poverty; his life was one ltfng struggle with the world, at every disadvan tage. Fortune mocked him all the while with golden promises that were destined to never know fulfilment., 'Yet he was patient and enduring,* remark ed one of the company. 'Patient as aChristiao—enduring as a mar tyr,' was answered, 'Poor man ! He waa worthy of a better fate. He ought to have mcce'eded, for he deserved success.' 'He did not succeed V questioned who had spoken of bis perseverance and en durance. 'No, s ; r, he died poor, as I have just said. Nothing that he put his hand to ever suc ceeded. A strange fatality seemed to attend every enterprise.' 'I was with bim in bis last moments,' Said the other, 'and thought he died rich.' 'No, he has left nothing behind,' was re plied. 'The heirs will have no concern for the administration of the estate.' 'He has left a good name,' said one, and that is something.' ' And a legacy of good deeds, that were done in the namo of humanity,' remarked an other. ' Lessons of patience in suffering ; of hope in adversity , of heavenly confidence when so sunbeams fell upon his bewildered path,' was the testimony of another. ' And high truat, manly courage, beroie for titude.' ' Then he died rich !' was the emphatic dec laration ; 'richer than the millionaire, who went to hi 3 long home the same day, a miser able pauper iu all but gold. A sad fuoeral did yon say ? No. ray friend, it was rather a triumphal procession ! Not the burial of a human clod, but the ceremonial attendant on Ihe translation of an angel. Did he not suc ceed 7 Why,his whole life was a series of suc cess. Id every conflict he came off victor, and now the victor's crown is on his brow. Any grasping, selfish soul, may gather in money, and learn the art of keepingit ; but not one in a hundred can bravely conquer iu the battle of life, as Edmondson has conquer ed, and step forth from the ranks of meu a Christian hero. No, no j he did not die poor but rich—rich in neighborly love, and rich in celestial affections. And his heirs have an in terest in the administration of the estate, A large property has been left, and let themnee to it that they do not lose the precious things through false estimation and ignorant depre ciation.' 'You have a new way of estimating the wealth of a man, ' said the one who had first expressed sympathy for the deceased. Is it right way 7 There are higher things to gain in this world than wealth that perishes; riches of priceless value, that over reward the true merchant who trades for wisdom, buying it wiih the silver of truth and the gold of love. He dies rich who can take his treasure with bim to the new land where he is to abide forever; and he who has te leave all behind on which he has placed affec tion dies poor indeed Our friend died richer than a Girard or an Astor ; his monument is built of good deeds and noble examples. It wiil abide forever We are commanded to let our light shine before men ; the mso with s red nose we seen the other dsy keeps his light shining be fore himself. Several papers have published an article headed, "Professor Mitchell on the Comet." We should like to be informed how h got there. An alderman hsving grown very fat while in office, a wag wrote on his back, " Widened at tbo expense of the Corporation." A boozy fellow was obse-ved the other day driving a porker up Broadway, holding on to its tsil, and whon asked what he was doing, replied that he was studying ge-hog-raphy. A woman out west, desoribing her runa way husband, says 1 "Daniel may he known by a scar on his nose, where I scratched him." We thick Daniel did well tft rue away. The skeptic thinks it very extraordinary that an ass onoe talked like a man. Isn't it still more extraordinary that thousands of men are continually talking like aseee, It is said that the average number of bat tles a soldier goes through is five. We have been told of an old maid not many miles from here, who has withstood fourteen engage ments, and haa powder enough left for as ma ny more, A rural editor was recently marri ed, and provisos to starting on his wedding tour, promised bis readers thrt he would give them "a minute derail of ell he saw and did , M N doubt there will be a cell for e large extra edition of his paper.
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