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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
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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,
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*. T. CLARK, 1
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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(
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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A large and varied assortment of
LAMPS, LAMP CHIMNEYS
GLOBES AND WICKS,
ALSO
Kerosene Oil.
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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.
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"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\
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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.